treasure Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
    hoarded wealth.
    • the pirates hid their treasure on a small island in the West Indies
  2. noun art highly prized for its beauty or perfection
    gem.
  3. noun any possession that is highly valued by its owner
    • the children returned from the seashore with their shells and other treasures
  4. noun a collection of precious things
    • the trunk held all her meager treasures
  5. verb hold dear
    appreciate; prize; value.
    • I prize these old photographs
  6. verb be fond of; be attached to
    hold dear; care for; cherish.

WordNet

Treas"ure noun
Etymology
OE. tresor, tresour, F. trésor, L. thesaurus, Gr. a stone laid up, treasure, probably from the root of to put, place. See Thesis, and cf. Thesaurus.
Definitions
  1. Wealth accumulated; especially, a stock, or store of money in reserve.
    This treasure hath fortune unto us given. Chaucer.
  2. A great quantity of anything collected for future use; abundance; plenty.
    We have treasures in the field, of wheat and of barley, and of oil and of honey. Jer. xli. 8.
  3. That which is very much valued.
    Ye shall be peculiar treasure unto me. Ex. xix. 5.
    From thy wardrobe bring thy chiefest treasure. Milton.
    Ex. i. 11.
Treas"ure transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Treasured ; present participle & verbal noun Treasuring
Definitions
  1. To collect and deposit, as money or other valuable things, for future use; to lay up; to hoard; usually with up; as, to treasure up gold.

Webster 1913