gleaned

American  

[gleend] / glind /

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   Scavenging footage originally made by other people for other purposes, these moviemakers then manipulate the gleaned images to create new meanings.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

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• ungleaned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of gleaned

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

Courts have also punished corporate outsiders who gleaned lucrative information from insiders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

What I gleaned from it is that we look at the electronic elements of production almost from a pop perspective, that gets integrated into aggressive music.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Or if they have, they have never gleaned even the most basic lesson from the long-running gag about Lucy, Charlie Brown and the football.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Here is what we gleaned about the film in slightly more than two minutes:

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

No one had ever been gleaned at one of Goddard’s parties, but there was always a first time.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Related Words

• accumulated
• collected
• concentrated
• huddled
• massed
• reunited