garner

«garner» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To collect or gain something, such as support, praise… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (garner, garners, garnered, garnering); noun (a garner — old)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To collect or gain something, such as support, praise, votes or information. tree →

2) (old) To gather and store grain. tree →

3) (noun, old) A granary: a building for storing grain. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A storehouse for grain. The word also means to gather in the harvest. Interpretation: The prophets use full garners as a sign of God's blessing. Empty garners show his judgment, when the harvest fails. In the primary lessons: Mostly a formal word in news and essays: «the idea garnered support», «the film garnered praise». In old texts and the Bible, grain is gathered «into the garner». It sounds bookish; everyday speech uses «get» or «gather».

examples

• Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields; (Writings PSA.144.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. (Prophets JOL.1.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• But they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD, and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of My sanctuary. (Prophets ISA.62.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• The petition garnered over a thousand signatures. tree →
• Her painting garnered praise from all the judges. tree →
• The scientists garnered evidence from many experiments. tree →
• The farmer garnered the wheat before the rain. tree →
• The Bible says he will gather his wheat into the garner. tree →
• The campaign garnered support from parents and teachers. tree →

note

Formal or old-fashioned. Regular verb: garnered. Not to be confused with «garnish» (to decorate food). Simpler words: gather, get, win, collect.

In the corpora

• The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
• Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «garner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.