glean

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for glean

glean 🔊 /gliˈn/

glean : ඇහිඳ ගන්නවා

glean definition

Transitive verb.

  1. 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.
  2. To gather from (a field or vineyard) what is left.
  3. To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
  2. To pick up or gather anything by degrees.

Noun.

  1. A collection made by gleaning.
  2. Cleaning; afterbirth.