Antonyms for garnering


Grammar : Verb
Spell : gahr-ner
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr nər


Definition of garnering

Origin :
  • late 12c., gerner, from Old French gernier, metathesized variant of grenier "storehouse, loft for grain," from Latin granarium "a store-house" (see granary).
  • verb collect, accumulate
Example sentences :
  • The harvesting might be long but the garnering would be none the less sure.
  • Extract from : « The Fathers of New England » by Charles M. Andrews
  • The harvest-time reminded the Bretons of the garnering by that reaper, Death.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
  • He threw his arms about her, garnering in the full sheaf of her beauty.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • He soon had the satisfaction of garnering the harvest of his sowing.
  • Extract from : « Life and adventures of Frank and Jesse James » by J. A. Dacus
  • And all these wheat crops that they are just garnering in, vaquerita; tell me in truth, whose are they?
  • Extract from : « Patraas » by R. H. Busk
  • The cutting, curing, and garnering home the field of corn was a welcome task.
  • Extract from : « Wells Brothers » by Andy Adams
  • Taken by and large, it did not seem an auspicious moment for garnering glory.
  • Extract from : « Bucky O'Connor » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Babylon had been garnering judgment for herself, from the beginning.
  • Extract from : « The Mark of the Beast » by Sidney Watson
  • Garnering the grain, all in that nice moderate shade of blue-electric, shouldn't you call it?
  • Extract from : « A Voyage of Consolation » by Sara Jeannette Duncan
  • In the garnering of the red harvest did our men and women of the sixties maintain themselves with a proper decorum?
  • Extract from : « The Broken Sword » by Dennison Worthington

Synonyms for garnering

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