garner

«garner» in Mova's school 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

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

• 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.