Synonym: gather, harvest, pick, reap, select, separate. Similar words: lean, clean, lean on, leaned, clean up, cleanliness, uncleanliness, struggle against. Meaning: [glɪːn] 
v. gather, as of natural products.
v. gather, as of natural products. 31) Traffic analysis attacks attempt to glean information about a message or protocol by observing which parties are talking to whom, and in some cases how much data is being transferred.
32) When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
33) And Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor."
34) American officials will not talk publicly about how they glean clues to Castro's health.
35) Since then forensic scientists have gained better tools to glean even more information from tiny clues.
36) So she went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters.