treat

Plural: treats

Noun

• something considered choice to eat
• an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
• An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
• An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
• A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
• A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
• An entreaty.

Verb

Verb Forms: treated, treating, treats

• To behave toward someone in a particular way; to deal with.
• interact in a certain way
  • "Treat him with caution, please"
• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
  • "treat the water so it can be drunk"
  • "treat the lawn with chemicals"
  • "treat an oil spill"
• provide treatment for
  • "The doctor treated my broken leg"
  • "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"
  • "Treat the infection with antibiotics"
• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
  • "The new book treats the history of China"
• 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"
• 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"
• engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement
  • "they had to treat with the King"
• regard or consider in a specific way
  • "I treated his advances as a joke"
• To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
• To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
• To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
• To entreat or beseech (someone).
• To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
• To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
• To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
• To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
• To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
• To provide something special and pleasant.

Examples

• Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
• He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.
• Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.
• I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.
• I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
• I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
• I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.
• I've done so well this month, I'll treat you all to dinner (or Dinner is my treat.)
• It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
• My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.
• Only let my family live, I treat thee.
• She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
• Some players TREAT Words With Friends as a friendly pastime, others as fierce competition.
• The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
• They treated me for malaria.
• You treated me like a fool.

Synonyms

address, care for, cover, dainty, deal, delicacy, do by, goody, handle, kickshaw, plow, process, regale, behandle, leech, make better, use

Related Words

treatise, treaty

Anagrams of treat