gleanings
Bits picked up
Gleanings are what remains to be gathered after the main harvest—originally grain left in fields for the poor to collect.
The word now usually refers to miscellaneous bits of information or material collected from various sources: gleanings from old newspapers, a book of gleanings from her journals.
The sense is of useful scraps rather than primary material.
Bound clusters of stalks
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- stubbleShort regrown facial hair
aftermath · vintage · gathering · sickle · farmhand · barley · wheat · Ruth
Small remaining pieces
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- bitsSmall portions or pieces
pieces · shreds · traces · residue · chaff · husks · odds and ends · pickings
Removes or concentrated essences
- excerptsSelected passages from texts
- notesBrief written records
- quotationsRepeated words with attribution
- passagesSegments or thoroughfares
clippings · compilations · findings · selections · anthology · marginalia · citations
Noted perceptions
- discoveriesNewly revealed facts
- realizationsMoments of sudden understanding
- tidbitsSmall choice pieces
- nuggetsSmall solid lumps
findings · takeaways · lessons · snippets · perceptions · revelations · understanding · conclusions
sheaves
Bound clusters of stalks
- reapingCutting crops for collection
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
stubble · aftermath · vintage · gathering · sickle · farmhand · barley · wheat · Ruth · scythe
scraps
Small remaining pieces
- leftoversUneaten food kept afterward
- leavingsWhat's abandoned behind
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
bits · pieces · shreds · traces · residue · chaff · husks · odds and ends · pickings · vestiges
extracts
Removes or concentrated essences
- excerptsSelected passages from texts
- notesBrief written records
- quotationsRepeated words with attribution
passages · clippings · compilations · findings · selections · anthology · marginalia · citations
observations
Noted perceptions
- discoveriesNewly revealed facts
- realizationsMoments of sudden understanding
- tidbitsSmall choice pieces
nuggets · findings · takeaways · lessons · snippets · perceptions · revelations · understanding · conclusions · wisdom
- collected writingsanthology, compilations, compilation, collections, excerpts
- Jewish taxestithe, firstfruits, head tax, poll tax, poor tax
- fruitapple, apples, banana, bananas, orange
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- scrapingsshavings, filings, parings, gratings, scrapings
gleaningsharvest
Gathering mature crops
first fruits · bounty · abundance · bumper crop · haul