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glean

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Source Word

glean

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɡliːn/

Verb

figuratively

Japanese Meaning

主要な収穫後に残った穀物、果実などを拾い集めること / 農作物の収穫後に残された物を集める行為

What is this buttons?

After the harvest, villagers would glean the fields for stray ears of grain.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

収穫の後、村人たちは畑を回って残った麥（こくもつ）の穂を拾い集めた。

Sense（1）

To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.

To glean the broken ears after the man / That the main harvest reaps.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).

to glean a field

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

(figuratively) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.

content to glean what we can from […] experiments

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（4）

To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.

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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

gleans

（ present singular third-person ）

gleaning

（ participle present ）

gleaned

（ participle past ）

gleaned

（ past ）

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