English Explanatory Dictionary

treat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
  2. To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
  3. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
  4. To entreat or beseech (someone).
  5. To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
  6. To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
  7. To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
  8. To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
  9. To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
  10. To provide (someone) with something special and pleasant.
noun
  1. An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
  2. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
  3. A snack food.
  4. A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
  5. A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
  6. An entreaty.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

trēt /tɹiːt/ [t̠ʰɹiːt] [t̠ʃʰɹiːt] en-us-treat.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-treat.wav

Word forms

treat treats treating treated tret no-table-tags glossary treatest treatedst treateth

Etymology

From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tractāre (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).

Synonyms

chat discourse parley common confab confabulate conversate converse convo jaw treat word bespeak discuss talk about bechat confer betalk moot talk over behandle deal with use leech make better

Related words

treatise treaty

Derived words

heat-treat ill-treat no way to treat a lady pretreat re-treat retreat treatable treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen treat like a Make-A-Wish kid treat like dirt treat like garbage treat like shit treat like trash treatment treat of treat-to-target treat with kid gloves untreatable a treat doggy treat Dutch treat stand treat trick or treat trick-or-treat trunk or treat
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on T Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary