glaner — meaning in English

English meaning

• glean verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
• scrounge verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.

Senses

glaner is used for these senses in English:

• scrounge (ambitransitive) To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.

glean — full definition

1. verb To gather information or knowledge gradually, often bit by bit and with some effort.
2. verb To collect leftover crops from a field after the main harvest.

scrounge — full definition

1. verb To search for or obtain something, especially by asking others or making do with what is available.
2. noun A person who scrounges; someone who gets by on borrowed or found things.

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