gleaning

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/ˈɡliːnɪŋ/

noun

Something learned by gleaning.

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Meanings

noungleaning (countable and uncountable, plural gleanings)

plural gleanings

  1. countableSomething learned by gleaning.
  2. countableuncountableThe 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.
  3. countableuncountablebiologyThe 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.
  4. informaluncountableDumpster diving.
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of glean

Translations

French glanage
  • glanageact of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields
German Nachlese, Ährenlesen
  • Nachleseact of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields
  • Ährenlesenact of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields
Icelandic eftirtíningur
  • eftirtíninguract of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields
Swedish efterskörd
  • efterskördact of collecting leftover crops from farmers' fields

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gleaning

cleaningmeaningscreeningleaningweaninggreeningpreeningoverweening
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Anagrams

Leinganggangline
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“gleaning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gleaning. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gleaning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gleaning.

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