treasure
part of speech
noun (treasure; a treasure, treasures); verb (treasure, treasures, treasured, treasuring)
meaning for a pupil
1) Treasure is a collection of gold, silver, jewels or other valuable things, often hidden. tree →
2) A treasure is anything that is very precious to you. tree →
3) To treasure something is to keep it carefully and love it because it means a lot to you. tree →
4) A treasure (informal) is a person who is very kind or helpful. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories, pirates bury treasure and draw treasure maps with an X. In maths and geography, treasure hunts use grid references, coordinates and compass directions to find hidden things. In history, real treasures dug from the ground show how people lived long ago. Phrases: «treasure hunt», «treasure map», «buried treasure», «treasure chest».
examples
- The pirates buried their treasure on the island. tree →
- Follow the treasure map to the X. tree →
- We had a treasure hunt in the garden. tree →
- This photo is my greatest treasure. tree →
- I will treasure this present forever. tree →
- The museum shows treasures from ancient Egypt. tree →
- The treasure chest was full of gold coins. tree →
- Find the treasure at grid reference C4. tree →
note
Uncountable for a pile of valuable things (some treasure, lots of treasure); countable for single precious things (treasures). Spelling: treasure (ea, then -sure). «One man's trash is another man's treasure» means people value different things.
In the corpora
- In Shrek, a dragon as big as a castle breathes great flames, flies and guards a castle full of treasure.
- It is like a treasure hunt where the treasure is always in the text.
- Real people of those centuries lived through colder winters, failed harvests and hurricanes that sank many Spanish treasure ships.
- Gold does not rust or tarnish and is soft enough to shape, so it has been treasured for thousands of years.
- Christians treasure «Jesus wept» because it shows Jesus shares people's sadness when someone dies.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «treasure» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.