glean

n. பொறுக்கிச் சேர்க்கப்பட்ட பொருள், பொறுக்குதல், (வினை) சிதறிக்கிடக்கும் கூலக்கதிர்களைப் பொறுக்கு, பொறுக்கிச் சேர், கொந்து, கொய், சிறு அளவுகளாகத் திரட்டு, தூர்த்துத்துடைத்துச்சேர், செய்திகளை திரட்டித்தொகு.

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Glean, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gleaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Gleaning.] Etym: [OE. glenen, OF. glener, glaner, F. glaner, fr. LL. glenare; cf. W. glan clean, glanh to clean, purify, or AS. gelm, gilm, a hand 1. To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering. To glean the broken ears after the man That the main harvest reaps. Shak. 2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left. 3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain. Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments. Locke. Glean, v. i. 1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers. And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers. Ruth ii. 3. 2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees. Piecemeal they this acre first, then that; Glean on, and gather up the whole estate. Pope. Glean, n. Defn: A collection made by gleaning. The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs. Dryden. Glean, n. Defn: Cleaning; afterbirth. [Obs.] Holland.

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