Definizione monolingua

treasure

treasure (third-person singular simple present treasures, present participle treasuring, simple past and past participle treasured)

1. (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious.

   Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever.

   • 19th century, Eliza Cook, The Old Armchair

     I LOVE it, I love it ; and who shall dare

     To chide me for loving that old Arm-chair ?

     Ive treasured it long as a sainted prize ;

     Ive bedewed it with tears, and embalmed it with sighs.

2. (transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.
   • 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman

     The rose-buds, withered as they were, were still treasured under his cuirass, and nearest to his heart.

treasure (countable and uncountable; plural treasures)

1. (uncountable) A collection of valuable things.
   • 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island Chapter 20

     ""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 well offer you a choice. Either you come aboard along of us, once the treasure shipped, and then Ill give you my affy-davy, upon my word of honour, to clap you somewhere safe ashore.

2. (countable) Any single thing that one values greatly.
   • 1681, Nahum Tate, The History of King Lear

     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 perceivd I had seizd a Treasure.

   • 1946, Ernest Tubb, Filipino Baby

     Shes my Filipino baby shes my treasure and my pet

     Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet

3. (countable) A term of endearment.
   • 1922, Francis Rufus Bellamy, A Flash of Gold

     ""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.

Definizione dizionario treasure

	tesoro
	any single thing one values greatly
	term of endearment
	collection of valuable things

	apprezzare
	consider to be precious

apprezzare molto

Altri significati:

(uncountable) A collection of valuable things.

(countable) Any single thing that one values greatly.

(transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious.

(transitive) To store or stow in a safe place.

(countable) A term of endearment.

A very important or valuable thing or person.

treasure (as it is said that tigers treasure their young)