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Noun treat has 2 senses
- dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat - something considered choice to eat
--1 is a kind of nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals
--1 has particulars:
- treat - an occurrence that cause special pleasure or delight
--2 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
Verb treat has 8 senses
- treat, handle, do by - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
--1 is one way to interact
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- process, treat - subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill"
--2 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- treat, care for - provide treatment for; "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"
Sample sentence:
Did he treat his foot?
- cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address - deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
--4 is one way to broach, initiate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- treat - 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"
--5 is one way to give, gift, present
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- regale, treat - 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"
--6 is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- treat - engage in negotiations in order to reach an agreement; "they had to treat with the King"
--7 is one way to negociate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- treat - regard or consider in a specific way; "I treated his advances as a joke"
--8 is one way to react, respond
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
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