a place for storing grain; granary
Origin of garner
Middle English gerner from Old French grenier from Classical Latin granarium, granary from granum, grain- to gather up and store in or as in a granary
- to get or earn
- to collect or gather
verb
The definition of garner is to collect, find or assemble something, especially information.
An example of garner is when you do research to find out information about a topic.
YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2018 by LoveToKnow Corp
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"garner." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner>.
APA Style
garner. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner
garner
Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"garner." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner>.
APA Style
garner. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner
garner
transitive verb
gar·nered, gar·ner·ing, gar·ners- To gather and store in a granary.
- To acquire or amass: garner awards. See Synonyms at reap.
noun
A granary.
Origin of garner
Middle English from garner, gerner granary from Old French gernier, grenier from Latin grānārium ; see granary .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"garner." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner>.
APA Style
garner. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner
Noun
(plural garners)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present garners, present participle garnering, simple past and past participle garnered)
- To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
- To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- (often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact; to reap.
- He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
- Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
- His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
- (rare, intransitive) to gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
Usage notes
The "earn, acquire, accumulate" sense should be read as a figurative extension of the original "harvest, gather" sense, sometimes with some inanimate achievement or choice metaphorically doing the "gathering", as "The new book garnered high praise", or with an indirect object, as, "The new book garnered the author high praise". In this sense, the achievement, choice, or fact is actively gathering something, positive or negative, for its creator, even if that choice is inaction, as in "Failure to try can garner you the disapproval of the industrious".
Anagrams
English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"garner." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner>.
APA Style
garner. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/garner
Sentence Examples
- Farrell went on to make American Outlaws, Hart's War (with Bruce Willis), Minority Report (opposite Tom Cruise), Phone Booth, The Recruit (with Al Pacino), Daredevil (starring Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck), and S.W.A.T (with Samuel L.
- Whether it's the first picture of a celebrity baby, a hot new couple or someone who's resurfaced after months in isolation or a stint in rehab, it's sure to create buzz and most importantly, sell magazines and garner hits for Web sites.
- The site focuses on news photography from both professional and amateur photographers, publishing the best of the best on their home page.Another way to garner exposure for your work is to contact photo editors from local newspapers.
- This style is sure to garner plenty of attention as it hooks around the neck, features a provocative, yet discreet keyhole at the center of the chest, and thanks in large part to its ribbed look, distinctly molds itself to the body.
- In an old television series, James Garner, AKA James Rockford, carried a portable hand-cranked offset printer in his car trunk for making temporary business cards he used to gain access to restricted areas and companies.
» more...