[syn: gather, garner, collect, pull together]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
garner
n 1: a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed [syn:
granary, garner]
v 1: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions [syn:
earn, garner]
2: store grain
3: assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your
thoughts together" [syn: gather, garner, collect, pull
together] [ant: distribute, spread]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
53 Moby Thesaurus words for "garner":
accumulate, amass, assemble, backlog, cache, collect, crib, cull,
cumulate, elevator, extract, garner up, gather, gather into barns,
glean, grain bin, grain elevator, granary, harvest, hayloft,
haymow, hayrick, heap up, hide, hive, hoard, hoard up, hold,
husband, keep, lay up, mow, pick up, pile up, put away, put by,
put up, reap, reserve, roll up, save, save up, secrete, silo,
squirrel, squirrel away, stock up, stockpile, store, store up,
stow away, treasure, treasure up
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Garner
(1.) Heb. 'otsar, a treasure; a store of goods laid up, and
hence also the place where they are deposited (Joel 1:17; 2 Chr.
32:27, rendered "treasury").
(2.) Heb. mezev, a cell, storeroom (Ps. 144:13); Gr. apotheke,
a place for storing anything, a granary (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17).
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Garner, AR -- U.S. town in Arkansas
Population (2000): 284
Housing Units (2000): 113
Land area (2000): 0.648063 sq. miles (1.678476 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.049762 sq. miles (0.128884 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.697825 sq. miles (1.807360 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25900
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.141201 N, 91.785220 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 72052
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Garner, AR
Garner
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Garner, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 17757
Housing Units (2000): 7252
Land area (2000): 12.820407 sq. miles (33.204699 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.757034 sq. miles (1.960710 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.577441 sq. miles (35.165409 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25480
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.698243 N, 78.622865 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27529
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Garner, NC
Garner
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Garner, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 2922
Housing Units (2000): 1252
Land area (2000): 2.089135 sq. miles (5.410834 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.089135 sq. miles (5.410834 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29955
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.098189 N, 93.604028 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50438
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Garner, IA
Garner