treat
Noun
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is a type of: aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals - a source of materials to nourish the bodysubtypes:
- 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
Verb
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is a type of: interact - act together or towards others or with otherssubtypes:
- 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
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subtypes:
- 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
same as: process -
subtypes:
- 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
same as: care for -
subtypes:
- theologise, theologize - treat from a theological viewpoint or render theological in character
- discourse, discuss, talk about - to consider or examine in speech or writing
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is a type of: cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenancesubtypes:
- wine - treat to wine
- alcoholize - subject to the influence of alcohol
- feast, feed - gratify
same as: regaleverb group: treat - provide with a gift or entertainment -
is a type of: negociate - confer with another in order to come to terms or reach an agreement
Found on Word Lists
- Events ("What?")
- Nouns denoting foods and drinks
- Nouns denoting natural events
- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of eating and drinking
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
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