And once he does glean some understanding he misinterprets it into something altogether. You begin to glean the revelation she is having. Understandably, it might be difficult to glean predictable results from the ocean. He is able to glean from their conversation what has happened, and confronts them. Pointed wingtips may be detrimental to a bat's ability to glean insects. We can almost glean Snow White's heroic possibilities through his clouded eyes. However, geologists can glean information about primary crust by studying it on other terrestrial planets. The public must not glean a hint of what was to be done. Naomi gives Ruth permission to glean those fields where she is allowed. Least flycatchers rarely glean but hover extensively in comparison to its congeners. A gray-box fuzzer leverages instrumentation rather than program analysis to glean information about the program. Many species glean food as they move through the branches. They'll glean the seeds of grass, dandelions, chickweed, sunflowers and ragweed. Bats that glean insects capture stationary prey on a solid substrate. They glean the foliage for insects along the branches of trees and bushes.