glean

• Verbe désignant le fait de recueillir ou d'extraire progressivement des informations, des connaissances ou des matériaux, souvent avec effort ; à l'origine, il signifiait ramasser les épis restant après la moisson.

A verb used to indicate the act of collecting or extracting information, knowledge, or material gradually and often with effort, originally from gathering leftover grain after a harvest.

1. Collect information graduallyC1formal

   To gather information, knowledge, or facts slowly and carefully from various sources.

   glaner (au sens figuré)

   • The detective gleaned important clues from the witness's testimony.
   • She gleaned valuable insights from the research papers.
   • We can glean useful data from these surveys.

   Synonymesaccumulatecollectculldeduceextractfind outgatherlearnobtainpick up

2. Gather leftover cropsC2formal

   To collect leftover grain or produce from a field after the main harvest.

   Glaner

   • The poor were allowed to glean the fields after the harvest.
   • Farmers traditionally glean the remaining wheat for animal feed.
   • She gleaned a basket of vegetables from the abandoned garden.

   Synonymescollectcullgatherpickscavenge