dictionary definitions for "garner"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  garner
      n : a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed [syn:
          granary]
      v 1: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn: earn]
           
      2: store grain
      3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
         thoughts together" [syn: gather, collect, {pull
         together}] [ant: spread]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garner \Gar"ner\, n. [OE. garner, gerner, greiner, OF. gernier,
     grenier, F. grenier, fr. L. granarium, fr. granum. See 1st
     Grain, and cf. Granary.]
     A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for
     preservation.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garner \Gar"ner\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garnered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Garnering.]
     To gather for preservation; to store, as in a granary; to
     treasure. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]


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