Garner Meaning
/ˈɡɑː.nə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA granary; a store of grain.
nounAn accumulation, supply, store, or hoard of something.
Sentence Examples
How can I garner the trust of the villagers?
Tom's boring articles failed to garner attention.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity event aimed to ____ funds for the homeless shelter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new movie failed to ____ much attention from the public, despite an extensive and expensive marketing campaign.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English gerner, from Old French gernier, guernier, variant of grenier, from Latin grānārium (“granary”). Doublet of granary.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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:
"[…] I walked enormous distances[…] garnering thoughts even from the heather."
— 1835, Honoré de Balzac, The Lily of the Valley, Chapter 2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The charity event aimed to ____ funds for the homeless shelter.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The new movie failed to ____ much attention from the public, despite an extensive and expensive marketing campaign.