English-Finnish translations for glean

Definition of glean

• To collect left behind after the main harvest or gathering
• To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard
• To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit
• To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts
• A collection made by gleaning
• cleaning; afterbirth

Examples

• to glean a field
• He gleaned a living from newspaper work for a few months, but in the summer went to a fishing village […] where […] he wrote his great historical drama, "Master Olof." (Translators Edith and Warner Oland on author August Strindberg

Related words

• gleaning
• gleaner
• gleanings
• gleany
• Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
• Montane Foliage-gleaner
• White-browed Foliage-gleaner
• Guttulated Foliage-gleaner
• Lineated Foliage-gleaner