garner

/ˈɡɑː.nə//ˈɡɑːɹ.nɚ/

garner noun: a granary; a store of grain.

Noun

garner (plural garners)

A granary; a store of grain.
- 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
- 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
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

Verb

garner (third-person singular simple present garners, present participle garnering, simple past and past participle garnered)

(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.
- […] 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
- To garner support
- He garnered a reputation as a language expert.
Synonyms:

reap, gain
(rare, transitive) To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
- 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
- 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

Proper noun capitalized: Garner

Garner

A surname.
A town in White County, Arkansas.
A city, the county seat of Hancock County, Iowa.
An unincorporated community in Linn County, Missouri.
A town in Wake County, North Carolina.

garner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

garner in Hindi

गार्नर

garner in Tamil

சேமிப்புக் கிடங்கு, தானியக் கிடங்கு, சேர், சேமி

garner in Urdu

غلہ گودام, کھلیان, خرمن, اکھٹا کرنا, جمع کرنا

garner in Bengali

সংগ্রহ করা, সঞ্চয় করা, অর্জন করা

More languagesFewer languages

garner in Malayalam: സ്വരൂപിക്കുക, തെറുത്തുകൂട്ടുക, സൂക്ഷിക്കുക, സംഭരിക്കുക
garner in Kannada: ಕಣಜ, ಹಗೇವು, ದವಸದ ಉಗ್ರಾಣ, ಶೇಖರಿಸು
garner in Punjabi: ਗਾਰਨਰ
garner in Gujarati: ગાર્નર
garner in Odia: ଗାର୍ନର
garner in Sinhala: අටුව aṭuwa
garner in Nepali: गार्नर
garner in Persian: انبار anbâr, درودن dorudan, درویدن deravidan

Examples of garner in a sentence

Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
[…] its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish.1956, Andrew North, Plague Ship, Chapter 14:
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:
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:

All 31 example sentences with garner

Synonyms of garner

reap
gain

Forms of garner

Noun
plural	garners
Verb
third-person singular present	garners
present participle	garnering
past participle	garnered
past	garnered

Past tense of garner: garnered

Plural of garner: garners

Origin of garner

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

Words formed from garner

Questions about garner

What does garner mean?: Garner means a granary; a store of grain.
What is garner in Hindi?: Garner in Hindi is गार्नर. See Garner meaning in Hindi.
How do you use garner in a sentence?: Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.
What part of speech is garner?: Garner can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce garner?: Garner is pronounced /ˈɡɑː.nə/ (UK).
What is the plural of garner?: The plural of garner is garners.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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