treasure

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a collection of precious things

   The trunk held all our meager treasures.

2. 2
   noun

   any possession that is highly valued by its owner

   the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures

3. 3
   noun

   accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.

   the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies

4. 4
   noun

   A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.

   It seems there was a worm that slept upon a pile of treasure, which it had zealously heaped up under a stone bluff.

5. 5
   noun

   Anything greatly valued.

   Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me.

6. 6
   verb

   To consider to be precious; to value highly.

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

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

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.