glean
verb
1 glean
Gather, as of natural products.
synonyms: harvest, reap.
Roget 775:
acquire,
get,
gain,
win,
earn,
obtain,
procure,
gather;
collect
etc.
(assemble)
72;
pick,
pickup;
glean.
find;
come upon,
pitch upon,
light upon;
scrape up,
scrape together;
get in,
reap and carry,
net,
bag,
sack,
bring home,
secure;
derive,
draw,
get in the harvest.
profit;
make profit,
draw profit,
turn a quick profit;
turn to profit,
turn to account;
make capital out of,
make money by;
obtain a return,
reap the fruits of;
reap an advantage,
gain an advantage;
turn a penny,
turn an honest penny;
make the pot boil,
bring grist to the mill;
make money,
coin money,
raise money;
raise funds,
raise the wind;
fill one's pocket
etc.
(wealth)
803.
treasure up
etc.
(store)
636;
realize,
clear;
produce
etc.
161;
take
etc.
789.
get back,
recover,
regain,
retrieve,
revendicate†,
replevy [Law],
redeem,
come by one's own.
come by,
come in for;
receive
etc.
785;
inherit;
step into a fortune,
step into the shoes of;
succeed to.
get hold of,
get between one's finger and thumb,
get into one's hand,
get at;
take possession,
come into possession,
enter into possession.
be profitable
etc.
adj.;
pay,
answer.
accrue
etc.
(be received)
785.
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Roget 609:
offers one's choice,
set before;
hold out the alternative,
present the alternative,
offer the alternative;
put to the vote.
use option,
use discretion,
exercise option,
exercise discretion,
one's option;
adopt,
take up,
embrace,
espouse;
choose,
elect,
opt for;
take one's choice,
make one's choice;
make choice of,
fix upon.
vote,
poll,
hold up one's hand;
divide.
settle;
decide
etc.
(adjudge)
480;
list
etc.
(will)
600;
make up one's mind
etc.
(resolve)
604.
select;
pick and choose;
pick out,
single out;
cull,
glean,
winnow;
sift the chaff from the wheat,
separate the chaff from the wheat,
winnow the chaff from the wheat;
pick up,
pitch upon;
pick one's way;
indulge one's fancy.
set apart,
mark out for;
mark
etc.
550.
prefer;
have rather,
have as lief;
fancy
etc.
(desire)
865;
be persuaded
etc.
615.
take a decided step,
take a decisive step;
commit oneself to a course;
pass the Rubicon,
cross the Rubicon;
cast in one's lot with;
take for better or for worse.
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Dutch: verzamelen, sprokkelen, inzamelen, oprapen, oogsten, oppikken
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gleaning
noun
Roget 609:
choice,
option;
discretion
etc.
(volition)
600;
preoption†;
alternative;
dilemma,
embarras de choix [Fr.];
adoption,
cooptation†;
novation†;
decision
etc.
(judgment)
480.
election;
political election
(politics)
737.1.
selection,
excerption,
gleaning,
eclecticism;
excerpta†,
gleanings,
cuttings,
scissors and paste;
pick
etc.
(best)
650.
preference,
prelation†,
opinion poll,
survey;
predilection
etc.
(desire)
865.
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Moby thesaurus: accumulation, amassment, ana, analects, anthology, assembling, bringing together, capital gains, cleanup, clear profit, clippings, collectanea, collection, crop, cumulation, cutting, cuttings, dividends, earnings, excerpta, excerpts, extracts, filthy lucre, florilegium, flowers, fragments, gain, gains, gathering, get, gettings, gleanings, gross, gross profit, harvest, harvesting, hoard, income, interest, killing, lucre, makings, miscellanea, miscellany, neat profit, net, net profit, nutting, paper profits, pelf, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, pickings, proceeds, profit, profits, rake-off, reaping, receipts, return, returns, store, take, take-in, wealth, winnings ... show more.
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