Sekirov Dictionary

treasure

/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/

noun 4
verb 4
forms 5
phrases 1

noun4

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gold, silver, money and other things of great value that someone has collected
- It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff. — 1961
•
(figurative) Anything greatly valued.
- Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. — 1611
•
(figurative) A term of endearment.
- '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.' — 1927
[in the plural] (literary, figurative) The female genitals; pudenda.

verb4

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To consider to be precious; to value highly.
- Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.
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To store or stow in a safe place.
- The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart. — 1825
•
To amass or collect together as though a treasure.
- He seems to have carefully treasured up all the tales he heard, and he wrote and published them, under the feigned name of Gian Alesio Abbatutis, in his native dialect, not long before his death. — 1828
(no longer used) To enrich.

forms

treasured · treasuring · treasures · treasureth · treasurest

Phrases with treasure

buried treasure
Something valuable that is concealed for a long time and then rediscovered.

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