Definition of glean

• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
• v. t. - To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
• v. i. - To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
• v. i. - To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
• n. - A collection made by gleaning.
• n. - Cleaning; afterbirth.