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Definition of glean verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

glean

verb

NAmE//ɡlin//

glean something (from somebody/something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they glean

he / she / it gleans

past simple gleaned

-ing form gleaning

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to obtain information, knowledge, etc., sometimes with difficulty and often from various different places These figures were gleaned from a number of studies.

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