gar·ner (gär n r)tr.v. gar·nered, gar·ner·ing, gar·ners 1. To gather and store in or as if in a granary. 2. To amass; acquire. See Synonyms at reap. n.1. A granary. 2. An accumulation or collection of something.
[Middle English, from garner, gerner, granary, from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin gr n rium; see granary.] |
garner Verb to collect or gather: the financial rewards garnered by his book [Latin granum grain]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | garner - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feedcrib - a bin or granary for storing grains | | Verb | 1. | garner - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actionsacquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" letter - win an athletic letter | | 2. | garner - store grainstore - find a place for and put away for storage; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" | | 3. | garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"rake - gather with a rake; "rake leaves" club - gather into a club-like mass; "club hair" hive - gather into a hive; "The beekeeper hived the swarm" salvage, scavenge - collect discarded or refused material; "She scavenged the garbage cans for food" round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers" cull, pick, pluck - look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" snail - gather snails; "We went snailing in the summer" oyster - gather oysters, dig oysters sponge - gather sponges, in the ocean pearl - gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean clam - gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean shock - collect or gather into shocks; "shock grain" |
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