different between glean vs eclectic
glean
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin glen(n)? (“make a collection”), from Gaulish, possibly from Proto-Celtic *glanos.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?li?n/
- Hyphenation: glean
- Rhymes: -i?n
Verb
glean (third-person singular simple present gleans, present participle gleaning, simple past and past participle gleaned)
- To collect (grain, grapes, etc.) left behind after the main harvest or gathering.
- Synonym: lease
- Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace.
- To gather what is left in (a field or vineyard).
- (figuratively) To gather information in small amounts, with implied difficulty, bit by bit.
- Synonym: learn
- content to glean what we can from […] experiments
- 8 December 2011, BBC News, Iran shows film of captured US drone, available in http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16098562 :
- He said Iran was "well aware of what priceless technological information" could be gleaned from the aircraft.
- To frugally accumulate resources from low-yield contexts.
Translations
Noun
glean (plural gleans)
- A collection made by gleaning.
- The gleans of yellow thyme distend his thighs.
Etymology 2
Noun
glean
- (obsolete) cleaning; afterbirth
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)
References
Anagrams
- -angle, Angel, Angle, Elgan, Galen, Lange, Legan, Nagle, agnel, angel, angle, genal, lenga
Manx
Noun
glean m
- Eclipsed form of clean.
Mutation
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eclectic
English
Alternative forms
- eclectick (obsolete)
Etymology
From French éclectique, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (eklektikós, “selective”), from ?????? (eklég?, “I pick, choose”), from ?? (ek, “out, from”) + ???? (lég?, “I choose, count”).
Cognate to elect
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?l?k.t?k/, /??kl?k.t?k/
- Rhymes: -?kt?k
Adjective
eclectic (comparative more eclectic, superlative most eclectic)
- Selecting a mixture of what appears to be best of various doctrines, methods or styles.
- 1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, page 211, 214
- Chunder Sen and the Progressive Brahmists broke entirely with Hinduism...and he selected from the scriptures of all creeds what seemed best in them for instruction and for worship. […] It is an eclectic religion: it seeks to select what is good from all religions, and it has become the latest evidence that no eclectic religion can ever influence large numbers of men.
- 1893, John Robson, Hinduism and its Relations to Christianity, page 211, 214
- Unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous.
Synonyms
- (unrelated and unspecialized): heterogeneous; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous
Antonyms
- (selecting a mixture of doctrines): exclusive, homogeneous, orthodox, standard, uniform; see also Thesaurus:homogeneous
Derived terms
- eclectically
- eclecticism
Translations
See also
- cherry pick
- heteroclite
- holistic
Noun
eclectic (plural eclectics)
- Someone who selects according to the eclectic method.
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French éclectique
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e?klek.tik/
Adjective
eclectic m or n (feminine singular eclectic?, masculine plural eclectici, feminine and neuter plural eclectice)
- eclectic
Declension
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