Dictionary Entry
treat
treat is a 5-letter English word with 23 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 23 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.
- 2transitive verb
To discourse on; to handle in a particular manner, in writing or speaking; as, to treat a subject diffusely.
- 3transitive verb
To entertain with food or drink, especially the latter, as a compliment, or as an expression of friendship or regard; as, to treat the whole company.
- 4transitive verb
To negotiate; to settle; to make terms for.
- 5transitive verb
To care for medicinally or surgically; to manage in the use of remedies or appliances; as, to treat a disease, a wound, or a patient.
- 6transitive verb
To subject to some action; to apply something to; as, to treat a substance with sulphuric acid.
- 7transitive verb
To entreat; to beseech.
- 8intransitive verb
To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to make discussion; -- usually with of; as, Cicero treats of old age and of duties.
- 9intransitive verb
To negotiate; to come to terms of accommodation; -- often followed by with; as, envoys were appointed to treat with France.
- 10intransitive verb
To give a gratuitous entertainment, esp. of food or drink, as a compliment.
- 11noun
A parley; a conference.
- 12noun
An entertainment given as an expression of regard.
- 13noun
That which affords entertainment; a gratification; a satisfaction; as, the concert was a rich treat.
- 14noun
an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
- 15noun
something considered choice to eat
- 16verb
provide treatment for
"The doctor treated my broken leg"
"The nurses cared for the bomb victims"
- 17verb
subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
"process cheese"
"process hair"
Synonyms
- 18verb
regard or consider in a specific way
"I treated his advances as a joke"
- 19verb
engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
"they had to treat with the King"
- 20verb
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
"This book deals with incest"
"The course covered all of Western Civilization"
- 21verb
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"
Synonyms
- 22verb
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"
- 23verb
interact in a certain way
"Do right by her"
"Treat him with caution, please"
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