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Verb: glean  gleen
  1. Gather or learn small pieces of information, often with difficulty or from various sources
    "She gleaned insights about the company culture from casual conversations with employees"
     
  2. [archaic] Gather, as of natural products
    "They gleaned the remaining apples from the orchard";
    - reap, harvest

Derived forms: gleaned, gleaning, gleans

Type of: ascertain, collect, determine, find, find out, garner, gather, pull together

Encyclopedia: Glean