Gleen vs. Glean: What's the Difference?
Edited by Huma Saeed || By Sawaira Riaz || Published on October 19, 2023
"Gleen" is incorrectly spelled, while "Glean" is correct, referring to collecting information or material slowly and bit by bit.
Which is correct: Gleen or Glean
How to spell Glean?
Gleen is Incorrect
Glean is Correct
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Key Differences
Relate “Glean” to “Clean” – both involve collecting.
Sawaira Riaz
Oct 19, 2023
"Glean" is like “Green” without the “r”.
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Oct 19, 2023
Think of “Lean” when you think of “Glean”.
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Oct 19, 2023
"Glean" rhymes with "bean," both have "ea."
Aimie Carlson
Oct 19, 2023
Picture “Gleaning” information like “Leaning” toward the facts.
Janet White
Oct 19, 2023
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Gleen and Glean Definitions
Glean
Collect leftover produce after the main harvest.
Farmers allow people to glean the remaining crops.
Harlon Moss
Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To extract (information) from various sources.
He gleaned his data from books.
Harlon Moss
Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To gather gradually bit by bit.
She gleaned information from various sources.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To learn, discover, or find out, usually slowly or with effort.
She managed to glean the main points of the lecture.
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Oct 08, 2023
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Glean
To gather information in small amounts.
Journalists glean facts for their reports.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To collect bit by bit
"records from which historians glean their knowledge" (Kemp Malone).
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To collect what is left behind (grain, grapes, etc.) after the main harvest or gathering.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
(figurative) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering.
To glean the broken ears after the manThat the main harvest reaps.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To collect with patient and minute labor; to pick out; to obtain.
Content to glean what we can from . . . experiments.
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Glean
To gather stalks or ears of grain left by reapers.
And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
To pick up or gather anything by degrees.
Piecemeal they this acre first, then that;Glean on, and gather up the whole estate.
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Oct 08, 2023
Glean
A collection made by gleaning.
The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs.
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Oct 08, 2023
FAQs
Which conjunction is used with Glean?
No specific conjunction is dedicated to "glean."
Sara Rehman
Oct 19, 2023
What is the singular form of Glean?
Glean (it is not typically used as a noun, mainly a verb).
Janet White
Oct 19, 2023
What is the plural form of Glean?
Glean does not have a plural form as a verb.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 19, 2023
Which determiner is used with Glean?
No specific determiner is commonly used.
Aimie Carlson
Oct 19, 2023
Is the Glean term a metaphor?
It can be used metaphorically in the context of information gathering.
Harlon Moss
Oct 19, 2023
How is Glean used in a sentence?
"She managed to glean enough information from the lecture to write her report."
Sara Rehman
Oct 19, 2023
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