glean
pronunciation
How to pronounce glean in British English:
UK [ɡliːn]
How to pronounce glean in American English:
US [ɡliːn]
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- Verb:
- gather, as of natural products
Word Origin
- glean (v.)
- early 14c., "to gather by acquisition, scrape together," especially grains left in the field after harvesting, but the earliest use in English is figurative, from Old French glener "to glean" (14c., Modern French glaner) "to glean," from Late Latin glennare "make a collection," of unknown origin. Perhaps from Gaulish (compare Old Irish do-glinn "he collects, gathers," Celtic glan "clean, pure"). Figurative sense was earlier in English than the literal one of "gather grain left by the reapers" (late 14c.). Related: Gleaned; gleaning.
Example
- 1. This study should help investors glean valuable new insights from conference calls .
- 2. Use it to glean a mailing or email address so you can contact the person directly .
- 3. It can also glean data from the wearer 's eyes and transmit that data somewhere else .
- 4. Adverts can be programmed to glean the user 's browsing behaviour from the cookies and display matching advertising .
- 5. Wikipedia can offer developers opportunities to glean analysis , supplemental content and structured data from its years-old store of collaboratively generated information .