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Glean

🔄 Synonyms of "Glean"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
harvestnoun	(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
reapverb	(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Glean"

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Word	Definition
harvestverb	(transitive) To bring in a harvest; reap; glean.
reapverb	(transitive) To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense.
garnerverb	(often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact
drawverb	Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
collectverb	(transitive) To gather together; amass.
gatherverb	To collect normally separate things.
getverb	(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
obtainverb	(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
grubnoun	(uncountable, slang) Food.
scrape togetherverb	(idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty
scrape upverb	(transitive) to gather together something needed (especially money)
scratch togetherverb	(idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty; to scrape together.
grobnoun	A surname.
ragpickverb	(intransitive) To scavenge through refuse.
scrapplenoun	(US, Pennsylvania, Appalachia, Blue Ridge) A mush of pork scraps, particularly head parts, and cornmeal or flour, which is boiled and poured into a mold, where the rendered gelatinous broth from cooking jells the mixture into a loaf.
shearnoun	A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
rake inverb	(figuratively, colloquial) To receive or to collect a large quantity of (something, especially money).
scrumpnoun	(dialectal) A small apple.
sheafnoun	A quantity of the stalks and ears of wheat, rye, or other grain, bound together; a bundle of grain or straw.
threshnoun	(transitive, agriculture) To separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.