"glean" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡliːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glean.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gleans [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), from Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *glanos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glenen}} Middle English glenen, {{der|en|xno|glener}} Anglo-Norman glener, {{der|en|LL.|glenō|glen(n)ō|make a collection}} Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|en|cel-pro|*glanos}} Proto-Celtic *glanos Head templates: {{en-noun}} glean (plural gleans)
  1. A collection made by gleaning.
    Sense id: en-glean-en-noun-P57dmgFw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} glean
  1. (obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-glean-en-noun-algqZ5tN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɡliːn/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-glean.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gleans [present, singular, third-person], gleaning [participle, present], gleaned [participle, past], gleaned [past]
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), from Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *glanos. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|glenen}} Middle English glenen, {{der|en|xno|glener}} Anglo-Norman glener, {{der|en|LL.|glenō|glen(n)ō|make a collection}} Late Latin glen(n)ō (“make a collection”), {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{der|en|cel-pro|*glanos}} Proto-Celtic *glanos Head templates: {{en-verb}} glean (third-person singular simple present gleans, present participle gleaning, simple past and past participle gleaned)
  1. To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering. Synonyms: lease Translations (harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped): pennaouiñ (Breton), баберкувам (baberkuvam) (Bulgarian), espigolar (Catalan), oppikken (Dutch), oprapen (Dutch), inzamelen (Dutch), sprokkelen (Dutch), glaner (French), espigar (Galician), nachlesen (German), schnorren (German), tiomsaigh (Irish), racimolare (Italian), spigolare (Italian), racēmor (Latin), rautami (english: refers to a root crop) (Maori), ketu (english: out of the ground) (Maori), hamu (Maori), pātoke (english: refers to root crops only) (Maori), respigar (Portuguese), catar (Portuguese), подбира́ть (podbirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подобра́ть (podobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), собира́ть (sobirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собра́ть (sobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), pabirčiti (Serbo-Croatian), espigar (Spanish), pepenar [Mexico] (Spanish), గింజలేరు (giñjalēru) (Telugu), ekin toplamak (Turkish), підбирати (pidbyraty) (Ukrainian), збирати (zbyraty) (Ukrainian), визбирувати (vyzbyruvaty) (Ukrainian), mót (Vietnamese), arêdayen (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-glean-en-verb-4GqhwLGK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 36 8 24 11 Disambiguation of 'harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped': 79 5 10 6
  2. To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
    Sense id: en-glean-en-verb-XzwHUOjK
  3. (figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: learn Translations (gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit): oppikken (Dutch), leren (Dutch), verzamelen (Dutch), glaner (French), herausbekommen (German), zusammentragen (German), összeszedeget (Hungarian), tiomsaigh (Irish), racimolare (Italian), raccogliere (Italian), raccattare (Italian), 모으다 (mo'euda) (Korean), pāhao (Maori), gløtte (Norwegian), titte (Norwegian), recolher (Portuguese), coletar (Portuguese), собира́ть (sobirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), собра́ть (sobrátʹ) (alt: по мелочам, по крупицам) [perfective] (Russian), pabirčiti (Serbo-Croatian), espigar (Spanish), entresacar (Spanish), azar azar bilgi toplamak (Turkish), çıkarmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-glean-en-verb-2d5LXl31 Disambiguation of 'gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit': 8 8 79 4
  4. To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts. Synonyms: wring, extract
    Sense id: en-glean-en-verb-fG8hS1q3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "espigar"
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pepenar"
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "giñjalēru",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "గింజలేరు"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "ekin toplamak"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidbyraty",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "підбирати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zbyraty",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "збирати"
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        {
          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vyzbyruvaty",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "визбирувати"
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          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "mót"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 5 10 6",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
          "word": "arêdayen"
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "to glean a field",
          "type": "example"
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        "To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard)."
      ],
      "id": "en-glean-en-verb-XzwHUOjK"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "8 December 2011, BBC News, Iran shows film of captured US drone, available in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562",
          "text": "He said Iran was \"well aware of what priceless technological information\" could be gleaned from the aircraft."
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "learn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "oppikken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "leren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "verzamelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "glaner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "herausbekommen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "zusammentragen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "összeszedeget"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "tiomsaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "racimolare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "raccogliere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "raccattare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mo'euda",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "모으다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "pāhao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "gløtte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "titte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "recolher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "coletar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobirátʹ",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "собира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "alt": "по мелочам, по крупицам",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobrátʹ",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "собра́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "pabirčiti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "espigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "entresacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "azar azar bilgi toplamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 8 79 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
          "word": "çıkarmak"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1912, Edith and Warner Oland, “Biographical Note”, in Three Plays By August Strindberg, page xi",
          "text": "He [August Strindberg] gleaned a living from newspaper work for a few months, but in the summer went to a fishing village […] where […] he wrote his great historical drama Master Olof.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts."
      ],
      "id": "en-glean-en-verb-fG8hS1q3",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wring"
        },
        {
          "word": "extract"
        }
      ]
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ɡliːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "pennaouiñ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "espigolar"
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      "word": "sprokkelen"
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      "word": "schnorren"
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "tiomsaigh"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "rautami"
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      "word": "ketu"
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      "word": "pātoke"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "respigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "catar"
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
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      "word": "подбира́ть"
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      "word": "espigar"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "giñjalēru",
      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "గింజలేరు"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "ekin toplamak"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "підбирати"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "збирати"
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      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "визбирувати"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "mót"
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    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "harvest grain left behind after the crop has been reaped",
      "word": "arêdayen"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "oppikken"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "leren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "verzamelen"
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      "word": "glaner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "herausbekommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "zusammentragen"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "összeszedeget"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "tiomsaigh"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "racimolare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "raccogliere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "raccattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mo'euda",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "모으다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "pāhao"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "gløtte"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "titte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "recolher"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "coletar"
    },
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      "roman": "sobirátʹ",
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      "word": "собира́ть"
    },
    {
      "alt": "по мелочам, по крупицам",
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      "roman": "sobrátʹ",
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "собра́ть"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "pabirčiti"
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      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "espigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "entresacar"
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      "word": "azar azar bilgi toplamak"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit",
      "word": "çıkarmak"
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      "form": "gleans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "glean (plural gleans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A collection made by gleaning."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡliːn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
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  "word": "glean"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cleaning; afterbirth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cleaning",
          "cleaning"
        ],
        [
          "afterbirth",
          "afterbirth"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "glean"
}

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