Associations to the word «Treated»

Wiktionary

TREATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of treat

Dictionary definition

TREATED, adjective. Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent; "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling".
TREATED, adjective. Given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks".
TREATED, adjective. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass".

Wise words

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