gleaned

[ gleend ]

/ glind /

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adjective

gathered slowly and laboriously, bit by bit: Scavenging footage originally made by other people for other purposes, these moviemakers then manipulate the gleaned images to create new meanings.

(of grain, fruit, or other crops) gathered from what has been left behind after regular harvesting: The gleaned fruit is donated to local charities for distribution to the hungry.

(of a field, orchard, etc.) cleared of leftover produce in this way: I was walking through a gleaned field behind the village.

learned, discovered, or found out, usually slowly or little by little: Over the years I’ve put a lot of research into my betting, and the benefit of this gleaned knowledge is paying dividends.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of glean.

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Origin of gleaned

glean + -ed² for the adjective senses; glean + -ed¹ for the verb sense

OTHER WORDS FROM gleaned

un·gleaned, adjective

Words nearby gleaned

Gld., gleam, gleaming, gleamy, glean, gleaned, gleaner, gleaning, gleanings, Gleason, gleba

How to use gleaned in a sentence

To grok the impact that the Vision Fund’s rough patch caused SoftBank Group during the 12-month period ending March 31, 2020, we can glean all that we need from a single chart.
How SoftBank’s Vision Fund turned losses into gold this summer|Alex Wilhelm|November 12, 2020|TechCrunch
Algorithms sometimes also glean data on how people have used their computers.
Explainer: What is an algorithm?|Melissa L. Weber|November 12, 2020|Science News For Students
The award-winning actor shares lessons and stories gleaned from his 35 years of keeping diaries.
Washington Post hardcover bestsellers||November 10, 2020|Washington Post
In addition, it wasn’t able to glean insights from real-time signals as it would have liked to do.
How CarParts.com leverages CDP tech to create customer-centric experiences|Sponsored Content: Blueshift|November 3, 2020|Search Engine Land

It’s a microcosm of American politics, where some teenagers have gleaned dirty tricks from today’s Washington and others believe idealistically in change.
8 political documentaries to watch this weekend|Rachel Schallom|October 30, 2020|Fortune
The sensible answer is no, but di Giovannni gleaned much from those three years.
Borges Had A Genius For Literature But Not Love Or Much Else|Allen Barra|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The one thing a lot of people gleaned from your GQ interview was that you left New York City because of brunch.
Julian Casablancas Enters the Void: On the Strokes’ Friction, Why He Left NYC, and Starting Over|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Facts gleaned while living in China eight years ago formed the basis for my novel The Risk Agent.
Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research|Ridley Pearson|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most information gleaned about the program came from leaks, primarily to Apuzzo and Goldman.
Was it Justice or Politics that Killled the NYPD Muslim Spy Unit?|Azi Paybarah|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But apparently there are scoops of great magnitude to be gleaned from these repetitive pictures.
Calm Down, Prince George Is Just a Baby|Tim Teeman|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even this information was often gleaned from undesirable conversations.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
The vast steam-threshers are mightily devouring what their servants, the monster steam-reapers, have gleaned for them.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Had I gleaned a fact, that ought to live in the memory of men, long after marble monuments shall have crumbled into dust?
Papers from Overlook-House|Casper Almore
Here was a broad field for inquiry, investigation, and study; and it was faithfully cultivated and gleaned.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions|George S. Boutwell
A message was sent to the advance guard, and the train was "held up" while we gleaned some news from the officer in charge.
The Relief of Mafeking|Filson Young