garner

Part of speech: verb

To store, as grain; gather.

Part of speech: noun

A granary; gathering; store.

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Usage examples "garner":

  1. But there come days when, with a grateful, sober joy- the joy of feeling thankful that things have not been worse, that one has somehow emerged, and that there is after all a little good grain in the garner- one gathers one's faults and misdeeds into heaps for the burning. - "The Silent Isle", Arthur Christopher Benson.
  2. We garner them for our own use and benefit absolutely, and when we are gone they may well be distributed among other book- lovers for aught we care. - "The Book-Hunter at Home", P. B. M. Allan.
  3. I wuz born near Garner, Wake County, North Carolina. - "Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2", Work Projects Administration.