treat

Meanings

• something considered choice to eat
• an occurrence that causes special pleasure or delight
• 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"

Synonyms

address, care for, cover, dainty, deal, delicacy, do by, goody, handle, kickshaw, plow, process, regale