Dictionary entry details
• TREAT (noun)
Meaning:
Something considered choice to eat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
dainty; goody; kickshaw; treat; delicacy
Hypernyms ("treat" is a kind of...):
aliment; alimentation; nourishment; nutriment; nutrition; sustenance; victuals (a source of materials to nourish the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "treat"):
choice morsel; tidbit; titbit (a small tasty bit of food)
bone marrow; marrow (very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones)
gelatin; jelly (an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods)
ambrosia; nectar ((classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal)
confection; sweet (a food rich in sugar)
savory; savoury (an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre)
Meaning:
An occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("treat" is a kind of...):
happening; natural event; occurrence; occurrent (an event that happens)
• TREAT (verb)
Meaning:
Interact in a certain way
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
do by; treat; handle
Context examples:
Do right by her / Treat him with caution, please / Handle the press reporters gently
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "treat"):
abuse; ill-treat; ill-use; maltreat; mistreat; step (treat badly)
gloss over; skate over; skimp over; slur over; smooth over (treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly)
do justice; do-well by (treat or consider adequately or fairly)
brutalise; brutalize (treat brutally)
rough-house (treat in a rough or boisterous manner)
upstage (treat snobbishly, put in one's place)
ride roughshod; run roughshod (treat inconsiderately or harshly)
strong-arm (handle roughly)
nurse (treat carefully)
criminalize (treat as a criminal)
handle with kid gloves (handle with great care and sensitivity)
wrong (treat unjustly; do wrong to)
cut; disregard; ignore; snub (refuse to acknowledge)
bemock; mock (treat with contempt)
baby; cocker; coddle; cosset; featherbed; indulge; mollycoddle; pamper; spoil (treat with excessive indulgence)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
treat; process
Context examples:
process cheese / process hair / treat the water so it can be drunk / treat the lawn with chemicals / treat an oil spill
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
affect; bear on; bear upon; impact; touch; touch on (have an effect upon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "treat"):
vulcanise; vulcanize (subject to vulcanization)
sulfur; sulphur (treat with sulphur in order to preserve)
dose (treat with an agent; add (an agent) to)
seed (sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain)
curry (treat by incorporating fat)
reverberate (treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberating furnace)
chrome (treat with a chromium compound)
bituminise; bituminize (treat with bitumen)
Agenise; Agenize (age or bleach flour with Agene (nitrogen trichloride))
run (cause to perform)
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)
fume; fumigate (treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests)
air-condition (control the humidity and temperature of)
nitrify; nitrogenise; nitrogenize (treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound)
refine (treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition)
scald (treat with boiling water)
propagate (cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering)
iodise; iodize (treat with iodine)
nitrate (treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate)
tank (treat in a tank)
aerate; oxygenate; oxygenise; oxygenize (impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen)
mercerise; mercerize (treat to strengthen and improve the luster)
malt (treat with malt or malt extract)
fluoridate; fluoridise; fluoridize (subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride)
creosote (treat with creosote)
irradiate; ray (expose to radiation)
ammoniate (treat with ammonia)
bromate; brominate (treat with bromine)
camphorate (treat with camphor)
carbonate (treat with carbon dioxide)
chlorinate (treat or combine with chlorine)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Provide treatment for
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
care for; treat
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "treat"):
relieve; remedy (provide relief for)
dress (apply a bandage or medication to)
splint (support with a splint)
operate; operate on (perform surgery on)
medicate; medicine (treat medicinally, treat with medicine)
bleed; leech; phlebotomise; phlebotomize (draw blood)
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)
burn; cauterise; cauterize (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent)
analyse; analyze; psychoanalyse; psychoanalyze (subject to psychoanalytic treatment)
administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))
manipulate (treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed)
hyperventilate (produce hyperventilation in)
massage (give a massage to)
purge (excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body))
correct (treat a defect)
insufflate (treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity)
detox; detoxify (treat for alcohol or drug dependence)
irrigate (supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting)
iodise; iodize (treat with iodine so as to prevent infection)
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)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Did he treat his foot?
Meaning:
Deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deal; plow; handle; treat; cover; address
Context examples:
This book deals with incest / The course covered all of Western Civilization / The new book treats the history of China
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
broach; initiate (bring up a topic for discussion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "treat"):
theologise; theologize (treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character)
discourse; discuss; talk about (to consider or examine in speech or writing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Provide with a gift or entertainment
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
Grandmother always treated us to the circus / I like to treat myself to a day at a spa when I am depressed
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Provide with choice or abundant food or drink
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
regale; treat
Context examples:
Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating / She treated her houseguests with good food every night
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
cater; ply; provide; supply (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "treat"):
feast; feed (gratify)
alcoholize (subject to the influence of alcohol)
wine (treat to wine)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
they had to treat with the King
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
negociate (confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Regard or consider in a specific way
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I treated his advances as a joke
Hypernyms (to "treat" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
