gleaning

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Synonyms: gleaming, leaning, cleaning, gloaming, pleasing, bleating, glaring, meaning, pleading, gloating, leading

Antonyms: gleaming, leaning, cleaning, gloaming, pleasing, bleating, glaring, meaning, pleading, gloating, leading

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} Something learned by [[glean]]ing.
2. 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.
3. {{lb|en|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]].
4. {{lb|en|uncountable|informal}} {{U|dumpster diving}}.

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|glean||ing-form}}

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