garner
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑː.nə/
The English word “garner” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
verb
- To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
- To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire (attitudes, reputations, or actions from others) by some effort or due to some fact
- To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
Etymology
From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.
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