gleaner

[ glee-ner ]

/ ˈgli nər /

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noun

a person who gathers small amounts of grain or other produce left behind by regular harvesters, nowadays often for charitable use: I volunteered as a gleaner for an agency that collects crop surplus to feed those in need.

a person who gathers anything slowly or laboriously: As an artist, I am a gleaner of shards and shiny bits to incorporate in my work.

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Origin of gleaner

glean + -er¹

Words nearby gleaner

gleam, gleaming, gleamy, glean, gleaned, gleaner, gleaning, gleanings, Gleason, gleba, glebe

How to use gleaner in a sentence

You have gleaned from the news that the man in the video has left behind unpaid rent, traffic fines, credit card bills.
The first murder|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Just what happened before Carson’s departure must be largely gleaned from the investigators’ report.
Accusations Flew, Then National School District Official Got Paid to Resign|Ashly McGlone|July 20, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The estimate was made using data gleaned from a network that monitors influenza-like illnesses in United States.
Millions of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have gone undiagnosed in March|Tina Hesman Saey|June 25, 2020|Science News
The insights gleaned from search trends and queries, local search analytics, and on-site activity will help inform the decisions your business must make going forward.
Five SEO content types to power and grow your business through 2020|Jim Yu|June 17, 2020|Search Engine Watch

The data gleaned will move through the internet to a secure computer.
Waiting for a ‘smart’ toilet? It’s nearly here|Stephanie Parker|June 15, 2020|Science News For Students
Even after being diagnosed with tennis elbow, she continued working as a gleaner at a garlic farm.
Rush Limbaugh Wrongly Attacks Tracie McMillan as ‘Over-Educated’ ‘Authorette’|Clarissa León|March 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The reaper must leave something for the gleaner; even the ox cannot be muzzled as he treadeth out the corn.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
I have seen at least one specimen of this lady's poetry in one of the volumes of Mr. Pratt's Gleaner.
Notes and Queries, Number 241, June 10, 1854|Various
Really, Leila, you are certainly a successful information gleaner, Nella regarded her room-mate with an amused smile.
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester
Hyacinth left the Rectory that night with three well-read numbers of the Gleaner in his pocket.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
But the entrance is without rock scenery, and the student of its geology must be a patient gleaner along its shores.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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