treat
/trˈit/
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Definitions
Noun
something considered choice to eat
Noun
an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
Verb
interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
Verb
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
Verb
provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
Verb
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
Verb
provide with a gift or entertainment; "Grandmother always treated us to the circus"; "I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed"
Verb
provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don''t worry about the expensive wine--I''m treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"
Verb
engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
Verb
regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
Synonyms
More General Terms
affect
aliment
alimentation
bear on
bear upon
broach
cater
gift
give
happening
impact
initiate
interact
natural event
negociate
nourishment
nutriment
nutrition
occurrence
occurrent
ply
present
provide
react
respond
supply
sustenance
touch
touch on
victuals
More Specific Terms
abuse
administer
aerate
Agenise
Agenize
air-condition
alcoholize
ambrosia
ammoniate
analyse
analyze
baby
bemock
beneficiate
bituminise
bituminize
bleed
bone marrow
bromate
brominate
brutalise
brutalize
burn
camphorate
carbonate
carboxylate
cauterise
cauterize
chlorinate
choice morsel
chrome
cocker
coddle
confection
correct
cosset
creosote
criminalize
cup
curry
cut
detox
detoxify
digest
discourse
discuss
dispense
disregard
do well by
doctor
dose
dress
feast
featherbed
feed
fluoridate
fluoridise
fluoridize
fume
fumigate
gelatin
gloss over
handle with kid gloves
hyperventilate
ignore
ill-treat
ill-use
indulge
insufflate
iodise
iodize
irradiate
irrigate
jelly
leech
malt
maltreat
manipulate
marrow
massage
medicate
medicine
mercerise
mercerize
mistreat
mock
mollycoddle
nectar
nitrate
nitrify
nitrogenise
nitrogenize
nurse
operate
operate on
oxygenate
oxygenise
oxygenize
pack
pamper
phlebotomise
phlebotomize
propagate
psychoanalyse
psychoanalyze
purge
ray
refine
relieve
remedy
reverberate
ride roughshod
rough-house
run
run roughshod
savory
savoury
scald
seed
shock
skate over
skimp over
slur over
smooth over
snub
splint
spoil
step
strong-arm
sulfur
sulphur
sweet
talk about
tank
theologise
theologize
tidbit
titbit
transfuse
upstage
vet
vulcanise
vulcanize
wine
wrong