treat (tr t)v. treat·ed, treat·ing, treats v.tr.1. To act or behave in a specified manner toward. 2. To regard and handle in a certain way. Often used with as: treated the matter as a joke. 3. To deal with in writing or speech; discuss: a book that treats all aspects of health care. 4. To deal with or represent artistically in a specified manner or style: treats the subject poetically. 5. a. To provide with food, entertainment, or gifts at one's own expense: treated her sister to the theater. b. To give (someone or oneself) something pleasurable: treated herself to a day in the country. 6. To subject to a process, action, or change, especially to a chemical or physical process or application. 7. a. To give medical aid to (someone): treated many patients in the emergency room. b. To give medical aid to counteract (a disease or condition): treated malaria with quinine. v.intr.1. To deal with a subject or topic in writing or speech. Often used with of: The essay treats of courtly love. 2. To pay for another's entertainment, food, or drink. 3. To engage in negotiations, as to reach a settlement or agree on terms: "Both sides nonetheless are quite willing to treat with [the king]" Gregory J. Wallance. n.1. Something, such as one's food or entertainment, that is paid for by someone else. 2. A source of a special delight or pleasure: His trip abroad was a real treat.
[Middle English tretien, from Old French traitier, from Latin tract re, frequentative of trahere, to draw.]
treat er n. Synonyms: treat, deal1, handle
These verbs mean to act in a specified way with regard to someone or something: treats his guests with courtesy; dealt rationally with the problem; handling a case with discretion. |
treat Verb 1. to deal with or regard in a certain manner: her love for a man who treats her abominably 2. to attempt to cure or lessen the symptoms of (an illness or injury or a person suffering from it): the drug is prescribed to treat asthma 3. to subject to a chemical or industrial process: the wood should be treated with a preservative 4. to provide (someone) with something as a treat: I'll treat you to an ice cream 5. treat of to deal with (something) in writing or speaking: this book treats of a most abstruse subject Noun 1. a celebration, entertainment, gift, or meal given for or to someone and paid for by someone else 2. any delightful surprise or specially pleasant occasion [Old French tretier] treatable adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. |  treat - something considered choice to eatsavoury, savory - an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre nectar, ambrosia - (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal jelly, gelatin - an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods | | 2. |  treat - an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight | | Verb | 1. |  treat - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"treat - regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke" bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" deal, plow, handle, treat, cover, address - 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" interact - act together or towards others or with others; "He should interact more with his colleagues" wrong - treat unjustly; do wrong to handle with kid gloves - handle with great care and sensitivity; "You have to handle the students with kid gloves" nurse - treat carefully; "He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon"; "He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly" strong-arm - handle roughly; "He was strong-armed by the policemen" upstage - treat snobbishly, put in one's place do well by - treat with respect and consideration; "children should do well by their parents" | | 2. |  treat - 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"propagate - cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering nitrate - treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol" tank - treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse" malt - treat with malt or malt extract; "malt beer" creosote - treat with creosote; "creosoted wood" chlorinate - treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water" carbonate - treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks" scald - treat with boiling water; "scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled" refine - treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; "refine paper stock"; "refine pig iron"; "refine oil" reverberate - treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; "reverberate ore" curry - treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather" seed - sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; "seed clouds" dose - treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the paint" sulfur, sulphur - treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured" chrome - treat with a chromium compound Agenise, Agenize - age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride) run - cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process" carboxylate - treat (a chemical compound) with carboxyl or carboxylic acid beneficiate - process (ores or other raw materials), as by reduction digest - convert food into absorbable substances; "I cannot digest milk products" fumigate, fume - treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests air-condition - control the humidity and temperature of; "The room was cool because it had been air-conditioned" | | 3. |  treat - 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"hyperventilate - produce hyperventilation in; "The nurses had to hyperventilate the patient" massage - give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back" purge - excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body); "The doctor decided that the patient must be purged" correct - treat a defect; "The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia" insufflate - treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity detox, detoxify - treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" irrigate - supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound" iodise, iodize - treat with iodine so as to prevent infection; "iodize a wound" doctor - give medical treatment to vet - provide (a person) with medical care nurse - try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury; "He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs" manipulate - treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed dress - apply a bandage or medication to; "dress the victim's wounds" splint - support with a splint; "splint a broken finger" operate on, operate - perform surgery on; "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life" cup, transfuse - treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin shock - subject to electrical shocks pack - treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood; "The nurse packed gauze in the wound"; "You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice" cauterise, cauterize, burn - burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" | | 4. | treat - 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"discourse, discuss, talk about - to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" embrace, encompass, comprehend, cover - include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this should cover everyone in the group" | | 5. |  treat - 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"regale, treat - 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" gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" | | 6. |  treat - 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"wine - treat to wine; "Our relatives in Italy wined and dined us for a week" alcoholize - subject to the influence of alcohol; "After we finished dinner, we were thoroughly alcoholized" feast, feed - gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view" cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" treat - 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" | | 7. |  treat - engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"negociate - confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement; "The parties negociated all night" | | 8. |  treat - regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
treat verb 2. take care of, minister to, attend to, give medical treatment to, doctor ( informal) nurse, care for, medicate, prescribe medicine for, apply treatment to verb 3. (often with to) provide, give, buy, stand ( informal) pay for, entertain, feast, lay on, regale, wine and dine, take out for, foot or pay the bill treat of something deal with, discuss, go into, be concerned with, touch upon, discourse upon  Translations
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treat [triːt] n (present) → regalo;
treat [triːt] n → petit cadeau, petite surprise
treat [triːt] n (present) → (besonderes) Vergnügen nt
treat [triːt] n → regalo
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