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Gleaning
Meaning
Noun
●
Something
learned
by gleaning.
●
The
act
of
collecting
leftover
crops
from
farmers
'
fields
after they have been
commercially
harvested
or on
fields
where it is not
economically
profitable
to harvest.
●
In Ornithology:
The
catching
of
insects
and other
invertebrates
by
plucking
them from within
foliage
, or sometimes from the
ground
. It may also be
applied
to where
prey
is
picked off
, or from within, natural and
man-made
surfaces
such as
rock faces
and under the
eaves
of houses.
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of glean
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Deriving
Eliciting
Deducing
Extracting
Gathering
Imparting
Relaying
Collating
Extrapolating
Aggregating
Interpreting
Disseminating
Collecting
Analyzing
Obtaining
Generating
Gaining
Uncovering
Capturing
Acquiring
Inferring
Grasping
Unearthing
Sharing
Deciphering
Harnessing
Examining
Retrieving
Fetching
Revealing
Conveying
Harvesting
Accessing
Discovering
Finding
Locating
Summarizing
Describing
Exploiting
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