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If you've been working hard and living thriftily for months on end, give yourself a treat: take the night off and go out to dinner and a movie.

One sense of treat has to do with pleasures and special occasions. You might treat your mother to a pedicure, or give your dog a tasty treat. Treat can also mean "to carry on negotiations," (the meaning that feeds into treaty), or "to take care of." A doctor treats your illness with medication. If you treat a boy as an adult, that means you act as though he is one, even if he's only 16. Treat him carefully!

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: treat

1	v	subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
2	v n	provide with a gift or entertainment an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
3	v	regard or consider in a specific way
4	v	act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
5	v	engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: treat

v 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”

Synonyms:: process

Types:: show 38 types...; hide 38 types...; 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; chlorinate
treat or combine with chlorine; carbonate
treat with carbon dioxide; camphorate
treat with camphor; bromate, brominate
treat with bromine; ammoniate
treat with ammonia; irradiate, ray
expose to radiation; scald
treat with boiling water; refine
treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition; nitrify, nitrogenise, nitrogenize
treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound; reverberate
treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace; curry
treat by incorporating fat; seed
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain; dose
treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; sulfur, sulphur
treat with sulphur in order to preserve; vulcanise, vulcanize
subject to vulcanization; 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; inoculate
insert a bud for propagation; bombard
direct high energy particles or radiation against; rerun
cause to perform again; stomach
bear to eat; predigest
digest (food) beforehand

Type of:: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
have an effect upon

v 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”

Synonyms:: care for

Types:: show 38 types...; hide 38 types...; 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; manipulate
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed; administer, dispense
give or apply (medications); 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; desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex
make infertile; face-lift, lift
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face; trephine
operate on with a trephine; vet
provide veterinary care for; transfuse
give a transfusion (e.g., of blood) to; digitalize
administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally without getting adverse effects; plaster, poultice
dress by covering with a therapeutic substance; bandage
dress by covering or binding; venesect
practice venesection; dose, drug
administer a drug to; salve
apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing; inject, shoot
give an injection to; galvanise, galvanize
stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock; give
give (as medicine)

v 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”

Synonyms: regale
provide with choice or abundant food or drink

Type of:: gift, give, present
give as a present; make a gift of

v 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:: regale

Types:: wine
treat to wine; alcoholize
subject to the influence of alcohol; feast, feed
gratify

Type of:: cater, ply, provide, supply
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

n an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight

Type of:: happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
an event that happens

n something considered choice to eat

Synonyms:: dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; choice morsel, tidbit, titbit
a small tasty bit of food; savory, savoury
an aromatic or spicy dish served at the end of dinner or as an hors d'oeuvre; confection, sweet
a food rich in sugar; ambrosia, nectar
(classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal; gelatin, jelly
an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods; bone marrow, marrow
very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones; calf's-foot jelly
a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet; confectionery
candy and other sweets considered collectively; confiture
preserved or candied fruit; sweetmeat
a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry); candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts; hardbake
a British sweet made with molasses and butter and almonds; chewing gum, gum
a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for chewing; candied apple, candy apple, caramel apple, taffy apple, toffee apple
an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar); center, centre
the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering; comfit
candy containing a fruit or nut; maraschino, maraschino cherry
cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur; nonpareil
colored beads of sugar used as a topping on e.g. candies and cookies; gelatin dessert
jellied dessert made with gelatin and fruit juice or water; aspic
savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables

Type of:: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals
a source of materials to nourish the body

v regard or consider in a specific way

“I treated his advances as a joke”

Synonyms: do by, handle
interact in a certain way

Type of:: react, respond
show a response or a reaction to something

v interact in a certain way

“Treat him with caution, please”

Synonyms:: do by, handle

: address, cover, deal, handle, plow
act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

Types:: show 22 types...; hide 22 types...; bemock, mock
treat with contempt; cut, disregard, ignore, snub
refuse to acknowledge; wrong
treat unjustly; do wrong to; handle with kid gloves
handle with great care and sensitivity; criminalize
treat as a criminal; nurse
treat carefully; strong-arm
handle roughly; ride roughshod, run roughshod
treat inconsiderately or harshly; upstage
treat snobbishly, put in one's place; rough-house
treat in a rough or boisterous manner; brutalise, brutalize
treat brutally; do well by
treat with respect and consideration; gloss over, skate over, skimp over, slur over, smooth over
treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly; abuse, ill-treat, ill-use, maltreat, mistreat, step
treat badly; baby, cocker, coddle, cosset, featherbed, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
treat with excessive indulgence; bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit
harass with persistent criticism or carping; blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast
subject to laughter or ridicule; deride
treat or speak of with contempt; aggrieve
infringe on the rights of; kick around
treat badly; abuse; sandbag
treat harshly or unfairly; victimise, victimize
make a victim of

Type of:: interact
act together or towards others or with others

v act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

“The new book treats the history of China”

Synonyms:: address, cover, deal, handle, plow

: do by, handle
interact in a certain way; comprehend, cover, embrace, encompass
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; theologise, theologize
treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character; discourse, discuss, talk about
to consider or examine in speech or writing; descant
talk at great length about something of one's interest; talk shop
discuss matters that are related to work

Type of:: broach, initiate
bring up a topic for discussion

v engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement

“they had to treat with the King”

Type of:: negociate
confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement

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