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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#m1)

2) (old) To gather and store grain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#m2)

3) (noun, old) A granary: a building for storing grain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x1)
- Her painting garnered praise from all the judges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x2)
- The scientists garnered evidence from many experiments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x3)
- The farmer garnered the wheat before the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x4)
- The Bible says he will gather his wheat into the garner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x5)
- The campaign garnered support from parents and teachers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.17/)
- [Whose garners are full, affording all manner of store; whose sheep increase by thousands and ten thousands in our fields;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2611/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «garner» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garner/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.