treasure
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tresour, from Old French tresor (“treasury”), from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “treasure house”). Mostly displaced native Old English goldhord (See goldhoard) and Old English ġestrēon. Doublet of thesaurus.
Inflected forms:
form: treasures
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: threasure
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: treasures
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: treasuring
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: treasured
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: treasured
pos: verb
tags: past
form: threasure
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
literally
uncountable
examples: It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.
"Now," resumed Silver, "here it is. You give us the chart to get the treasure by, and drop shooting poor seamen and stoving of their heads in while asleep. You do that, and we'll offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the treasure shipped, and then I'll give you my affy-davy, upon my word of honour, to clap you somewhere safe ashore.
gloss: Anything greatly valued.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
examples: Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.
You have ſent me a Treaſure, and I vvould not ſhare time to tell you ſo, till I had ſomevvhat ſatisfied the thirſt I had to drink dovvn many of thoſe Excellent Sermons, vvhich I have ſo long deſired: […]
I found the whole to answer your Account of it, a Heap of Jewels, unstrung and unpolisht; yet so dazling in their Disorder, that I soon perceiv'd I had seiz'd a Treasure.
She's my Filipino baby she's my treasure and my pet / Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet
gloss: Anything greatly valued.
pos: noun
tags: countable
figuratively
uncountable
examples: "Hello, Treasure," he said without turning round. For a second she hesitated, standing in the soft light of the lamp, the deep blue of the rug making a background for her, the black fur collar of her coat framing the vivid beauty of her face.
'My treasure!' cried the fond lady, 'why didn't you tell Auntie sooner?' and for reply Cyril hung his head and whispered the fatal insuperable excuse of childhood:
'I didn't like to.'
gloss: Anything greatly valued.
pos: noun
tags: countable
euphemistic
figuratively
in-plural
literary
uncountable
gloss: To consider to be precious; to value highly.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare
To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?
I've treasured it long as a sainted prize ;
I've bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.
gloss: To store or stow in a safe place.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.
gloss: To enrich.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
Related words: treasury
Derived words: blood and treasure
eight-treasure
entreasure
non-treasure
nontreasure
one man's trash is another man's treasure
one woman's trash is another woman's treasure
the real treasure is the friends we made along the way
treasure chest
treasure city
treasure flower
treasure house
treasure hunt
treasure-hunter
treasurelike
treasure map
treasure ship
treasuresome
treasure trail
treasure trove
treasure-trove
treasurous
buried treasure
intreasure
national treasure
treasurable
Treasure County
treasureless
treasurer
treasuress
treasury
untreasure
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: драгоце́нност
roman: dragocénnost
lang: Catalan
word: tresor
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 瑰寶 /瑰宝
roman: guībǎo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 財富 /财富
roman: cáifù
lang: Finnish
word: aarre
lang: French
word: trésor
lang: Georgian
word: ძვირფასეულობა
roman: ʒvirpaseuloba
lang: Georgian
word: განძი
roman: ganʒi
lang: German
word: Schatz
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θησαυρός
roman: thēsaurós
lang: Hebrew
word: אוֹצָר
roman: otsár
lang: Hungarian
word: kincs
lang: Ido
word: trezoro
lang: Irish
word: stór
lang: Italian
word: tesoro
lang: Macedonian
word: драгоценост
roman: dragocenost
lang: Māori
word: ohooho
lang: Māori
word: māpihi
lang: Māori
word: mounga
lang: Māori
word: puiaki
lang: Māori
word: puipuiaki
lang: Middle English
word: tresour
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: skatt
lang: Old English
word: māþm
lang: Portuguese
word: tesouro
lang: Romanian
word: comoară
lang: Russian
word: драгоце́нность
roman: dragocénnostʹ
lang: Slovene
word: zaklad
lang: Spanish
word: tesoro
lang: Turkish
word: hazine
lang: Turkish
word: define
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: خزینه
roman: hazine
lang: Ukrainian
word: дорогоці́нність
roman: dorohocínnistʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: кошто́вність
roman: koštóvnistʹ
lang: Vietnamese
word: của quý
lang: Vietnamese
word: vật quý
lang: Vietnamese
word: người yêu quý
lang: Vietnamese
word: người được việc
lang: Walloon
word: trezôr
lang: Welsh
word: trysori