gleaned

[gleend]

adjective

1. 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   Scavenging footage originally made by other people for other purposes, these moviemakers then manipulate the gleaned images to create new meanings.

2. (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.

3. (of a field, orchard, etc.) cleared of leftover produce in this way.

   I was walking through a gleaned field behind the village.

4. 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

1. the simple past tense and past participle of glean.

Other Word Forms

• ungleaned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gleaned¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; glean ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; glean ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

It’s already illegal in California for local law enforcement agencies to share information gleaned from license plate readers with federal agencies such as U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Everything the bot says was gleaned from Joaquin’s writing and social media posts, they say.

From Los Angeles Times

If any intelligence was gleaned, it would have been on the deep divide between these two men trying hard to collaborate while defeating the Japanese.

From Salon

Baum, a journalist for the Hollywood Reporter, draws on knowledge he has gleaned about cosmetic surgery, the profession of his protagonist, Dr. Roya Delshad.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet those back in Labour HQ fretted that, from what little they gleaned, that work was inadequate.

From BBC

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