Sekirov Dictionary

garner

UK /ˈɡɑː.nə/US /ˈɡɑːɹ.nɚ/

verb 4
noun 2
forms 4
phrases 1

verb4

To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
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(figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact
- He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
- Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
•
To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- […] I walked enormous distances[…] garnering thoughts even from the heather. — 1835
•
(rare) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
- For this alone on Death I wreak / The wrath that garners in my heart — 1850

noun2

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A granary; a store of grain.
- That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. — 1611
•
An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
- Master, I bring from many wanderings, The gathered garner of my years to thee; One precious fruit of many rain-blown springs And sun-shod summers, ripened over-sea. — 1912

forms

garnered · garnering · garnereth · garners

Phrases with garner

garner up
To store up; to build up a store of an emotion or passion; to recall or make a note of a certain trait or quality.

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