Garner
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈɡɑË.nÉ™/
- US IPA: /ˈɡɑËɹ.nÉš/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(r)nÉ™(r)
Origin
From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grÄnÄrium ("granary")
Verb
- To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
- To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- 1835, Honoré_de_Balzac, '',I walked enormous distances...garnering thoughts even from the heather.
- 1913, in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913He garnered the fruit of his studies in seven volumes.
- 1956, Andre_Norton, ,...its fleet went out to garner in the elusive but highly succulent fish.
- (often figurative) To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact; to reap.He garnered a reputation as a language expert.Her new book garnered high praise from the critics.His poor choices garnered him a steady stream of welfare checks.
- 1983, Ronald_Reagan, This country will never forget nor fail to honor those who have so courageously garnered our highest regard.
- 1999, Bill_Clinton, President Roosevelt garnered the support of our working men and women...
- (rare, intransitive) to gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.
- 1849, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, ,For this alone on Death I wreak
The wrath that garners in my heart;
Usage notes
The "earn, acquire, accumulate" sense should be read as a figurative extension of the original "harvest, gather" sense, sometimes with some inanimate achievement or choice metaphorically doing the "gathering", as "The new book garnered high praise", or with an indirect object, as, "''The new book garnered
the author high praise". In this sense, the achievement, choice, or fact is actively gathering something, positive or negative, for its creator, even if that choice is inaction, as in "Failure to try can garner you the disapproval of the industrious''".