The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GARNERED
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What does GARNERED mean?
GARNERED verb- To reap grain, gather it up, and store it in a granary.
- To gather, amass, hoard, as if harvesting grain.
- To earn; to get; to accumulate or acquire by some effort or due to some fact
- To gather or become gathered; to accumulate or become accumulated; to become stored.