glean /ɡliːn/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: glener , from Late Latin glennare ]
1 . [transitive] to find out information slowly and with difficulty
glean something from somebody/something
Additional information was gleaned from other sources.
2 . [intransitive and transitive] to collect grain that has been left behind after the crops have been cut