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tour: He has traversed the country from end to end innumerable
times. 2 cross, criss-cross, go across; lie or extend across or
athwart, bridge, intersect: The road traverses the river
several times at Newtown. 3 oppose, cross, thwart, go or act
against, go or act in opposition or counter to, conflict (with),
controvert, contravene, counter, obstruct, contradict, gainsay,
deny: The policies of today seem to traverse those set forth
only last year. 4 examine, look into, scrutinize, inspect,
investigate, review, study, look at, consider, contemplate,
scan, look over, check, survey, reconnoitre, observe: Certain
areas of knowledge are seldom traversed by scholars.
treasure n. 1 wealth, riches, money, fortune, valuables, cash, cache,
hoard: The existence of the treasure came to light only last
week. 2 pride (and joy), delight, joy, darling, ideal, apple of
(one's) eye, Colloq jewel, gem, prize, find, catch: Kathy is a
treasure and I don't know what we did before we hired her.
--v. 3 hold dear, cherish, value, prize, esteem, rate or value
highly: We treasure the signed letter that Churchill wrote to
my father. I treasure every moment we can spend together.
treasury n. exchequer, bank, cache, resources, funds, money(s): There
was not enough money in the treasury to pay for the scheme. The
Treasury indicated their concern at the current state of the
economy.
treat v. 1 handle, manage, behave or act toward(s), deal with; use:
Why should we treat female employees any differently? 2 handle,
manage, deal with, discuss, touch on or upon, consider, take up,
study, examine, explore, investigate, scrutinize, analyse, go
into, probe, survey, expound (on), criticize, review, critique:
That subject is treated in Chapter VI. 3 nurse, doctor, attend,
care for, look after, prescribe for, medicate: He is being
treated for gallstones. 4 entertain, take out, pay for, regale,
play host to; wine and dine: Our visitors treated us when we
went out to dinner yesterday. 5 treat (someone) to (something).
pay (the bill) for, buy (something) for: Edward treated us all
to ice-cream.
--n. 6 favour, gift, present, boon, bonus, premium, Colloq US
and Canadian freebie: Put your money away - this is my treat.