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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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salvage
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sælv?d?/
Etymology 1
From Old French salver (see also save, from a variant form), from Late Latin salvare (“to make safe, secure, save”), from Latin salvus (“safe”) with the English suffix -age.
Noun
salvage (countable and uncountable, plural salvages)
- The rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.
- The ship, crew or cargo so rescued.
- The compensation paid to the rescuers.
- The money from the sale of rescued goods.
- The similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued.
- (sometimes attributive) Anything put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted, such as damaged goods.
Translations
Verb
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)
- (transitive, of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.
- (transitive, of discarded goods) to put to use.
- (transitive) To make new or restore for the use of being saved.
Translations
Derived terms
- salvageability
- salvageable
- salvager
Related terms
- salvation
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.
Noun
salvage (plural salvages)
- Obsolete spelling of savage [16th-19th c.]
Etymology 3
From Spanish salvaje, from Catalan salvatge, from Late Latin *salv?ticus, alteration of Latin silv?ticus (““wild"; literally, "of the woods"”), from silva (“forest", "grove”). Confused false friends; English salvage and Tagalog salbahe (“mischievous, naughty”).
Noun
salvage (plural salvages)
- (Philippine English) summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Verb
salvage (third-person singular simple present salvages, present participle salvaging, simple past and past participle salvaged)
- (Philippine English) To perform summary execution.
- (Philippine English) To apprehend and execute (a suspected criminal) without trial.
References
Further reading
- salvage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- salvage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- salvage at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- lavages
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English salvage.
Noun
salvage
- summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Verb
salvage
- To perform summary execution.
Middle English
Noun
salvage
- Alternative form of savage
Old French
Adjective
salvage m (oblique and nominative feminine singular salvage)
- Alternative form of sauvage
Declension
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English salvage.
Noun
salvage
- summary execution, extrajudicial killing
Verb
salvage
- To perform summary execution.
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