TREAT
What does "TREAT" mean?
To behave toward or deal with someone or something in a particular way.
Meanings
- To act or behave toward a person or thing in a specified manner. She treats every stranger as if they might become a friend.
- To give medical care to a patient or condition. The clinic can treat the infection with a single course of antibiotics.
- To pay for someone else's food, drink, or entertainment. Put your wallet away - dinner's on me, I'm treating tonight.
- Something special that gives pleasure, often food or an outing. A trip to the seaside was a rare treat when we were children.
- To apply a chemical or process to something for protection or change. The timber is treated to resist rot and insects. technical
Word origin
From Old French 'traitier', to deal with or handle, from Latin 'tractare', to handle or manage, a frequentative of 'trahere', to draw or drag.
Remember it
TREAT is TREE + AT - meet me AT the TREE and I'll buy you a treat.
A little poem
One scoop, two flat spoons,
the small kindness of sharing -
summer in a cone.
haiku
Wordplay
- The doctor said he'd treat me, so I waited for the cake - turns out he only meant the antibiotics.
What it teaches
How you treat people is the only resume they actually read.
Quick facts
What does TREAT mean?
To behave toward or deal with someone or something in a particular way.
Is TREAT a valid word?
Yes — TREAT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TREAT?
TREAT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TREAT come from?
From Old French 'traitier', to deal with or handle, from Latin 'tractare', to handle or manage, a frequentative of 'trahere', to draw or drag.
What can TREAT teach us?
How you treat people is the only resume they actually read.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.