I. ˈgärnər, ˈgȧnə(r noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English garner, gerner, from Old French gernier, grenier, from Latin granarium, from granum grain + -arium -ary — more at corn
1.
a. : a building in which grain is stored : granary
b. : a bin for the storage of grain ; specifically : a bin in a grain elevator in which grain is collected for weighing
c. : something that resembles a garner
you may be gathered into the garner of mortality before me — Sir Walter Scott
2. : something that is collected : accumulation
makes an entirely fresh garner each year — Donald Davidson
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English garneren, from garner, n.
transitive verb
1.
a. : to gather into a granary : store
the new crop was not yet garnered and the last year's grain was getting low — Willa Cather
b. : to deposit as if in a granary
volumes in which he has garnered the fruits of his lifetime labors — Reinhold Niebuhr
2.
a. : to acquire as the result of effort : earn , reap
garner financial support from business circles — W.J.Jorden
garners publicity by floating through the air from a flying trapeze beneath a helicopter — Newsweek
b. : to pick up : accumulate , collect
garnered the spoils with an all-encompassing rake — Sidney Warren
garnered a fine array of folk songs — Julian Dana
intransitive verb
: to become stored : accumulate
wrath that garners in my heart — Alfred Tennyson
Synonyms: see reap