SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
glean
verb
To collect information bit by bit from what is available.
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The Bell That Rang at Low Tide · paragraph 3To collect information bit by bit from what is available.
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See glean in use
The historian could glean only two dates from the torn envelope.
From the envelope he could glean only the initials of the writer.
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