garner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A granary; a store of grain.
  2. An accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
verb
  1. To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
  2. To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
  3. To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact
  4. To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. A town in White County, Arkansas.
  4. A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Iowa.
  5. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.
  6. A town in Wake County, North Carolina.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑː.nə/ /ˈɡɑːɹ.nɚ/ en-uk-garner.ogg en-us-garner.ogg en-au-garner.ogg

Word forms

garner garners garnering garnered

Etymology

From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.

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