Vocabulary
Glean
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
obtain (information) from various sources, often with difficulty.
Urdu meaning
کاشت کرنا، فصل کاٹنا، چننا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- They are using the experience from the aerial combat to glean their own lessons forfuture war strategies.
- Luckily, those who wonder about such questions may now get answers, as scientists can glean information from organic matter belonging to people who lived a very long time ago.
Synonyms
obtain, get, take, draw, derive, extract, cull, garner, gather, reap, select
Antonyms
dig, extirpate, pick, pluck, pull (up), uproot
Curator example
“the information is gleaned from press cuttings”
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