From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.
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A granary; a store of grain.
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 3:12:
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, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 144:13:
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. a. 1912, Voltairine de Cleyre, Death Shall Not Part Ye More:
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ka ბეღელი (granary) · sv spannmålsbod (granary) · ru закрома́ (granary) · nl graanschuur (granary) · de Vorratsraum (granary) · ota انبار (granary) · ca graner (granary) · da kornkammer (granary) · fa انبار (granary) · da magasin (granary) · sh ambar (granary) · bg хамбар (granary) · sv spannmålsmagasin (granary) · de Magazin (granary) · ru амба́р (granary) · de Reservoir (granary) · gl celeiro (granary) · tr depo (granary) · fr grenier (granary) · it granaio (granary) · sh žitnica (granary) · tr ambar (granary) · pt celeiro (granary) · sh hambar (granary) · de Speicher (granary) · ka ამბარი (granary) · ota مخزن (granary)
From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.
Meanings
(transitive) To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
The rustic does not know what would happen to him if he garnered his corn on Sunday, nor does the diner-out in polite society know what would happen if he spooned up his food with his knife - but they both are stricken with a sort of paralysis at the very suggestion of infringing these taboos. 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 195:
(transitive) To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
[…] its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish. 1956, Andrew North, Plague Ship, Chapter 14:
[…] I walked enormous distances[…] garnering thoughts even from the heather. 1835, Honoré de Balzac, The Lily of the Valley, Chapter 2:
He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes. 1913, “Anton Berlage” in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
(figuratively, often, transitive) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact
The AMPTP has disputed that description as a “mischaracterization” of their proposal meant to “garner support for its work stoppage.” 2023 July 26, Adrian Horton, “Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
To garner support
This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard. 1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5031:
President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women to increase war production and build our "Arsenal of Democracy." 1999, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7259:
He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
(rare, transitive) 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, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto LXXXII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
She soothed herself with the belief that the workings of her soul were still known to him,—that her regret and her despondency were but the needful preparation for that other sphere, where now her only remaining hope was garnered. 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 9–10:
de ernten (to gather, amass, hoard) · es recabar (to gather, amass, hoard) · de aufspeichern (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · bg придобивам (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · da indhøste (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · de einbringen (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · cs sesbírat (to gather, amass, hoard) · ka მოპოვება (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · cs sebrat (to gather, amass, hoard) · da indsamle (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · pl zbierać (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · fa درویدن (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · fr engranger (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · ka შეგროვება (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · pl zebrać (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · de erwerben (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · de einfahren (to gather, amass, hoard) · ca engranerar (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · es recabdar (to gather, amass, hoard) · tr toplamak (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · cs získat (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · es recabar (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · bg прибирам (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · ka შენახვა (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · cs sbírat (to gather, amass, hoard) · fa درودن (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary) · bg натрупвам (to gather, amass, hoard) · de einfahren (to earn; to get; to accumulate) · cy cywain (to reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary)