treasure

n.

1. Accumulated or stored wealth in the form of money, jewels, or other valuables.
2. Valuable or precious possessions of any kind.
3. One considered especially precious or valuable.

tr.v., -ured, -ur·ing, -ures.

1. To keep or regard as precious; value highly. See synonyms at appreciate.
2. To accumulate and store away, as for future use.

[Middle English tresure, from Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Greek thēsauros.]

treasurable treas'ur·a·ble adj.

noun

1. A supply stored or hidden for future use: backlog, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, store. Slang stash. See collect/distribute.
2. A great amount of accumulated money and precious possessions: affluence, fortune, pelf, riches, wealth. See owned/unowned, rich/poor.
3. Someone or something considered exceptionally precious: gem, pearl, prize¹. See value/worthlessness/evaluation.

verb

1. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of: appreciate, cherish, esteem, prize¹, respect, value. Idioms: set store by. See praise/blame.
2. To have the highest regard for: cherish, prize¹. Idioms: hold dear. See value/worthlessness/evaluation.
3. To store up (supplies or money), usually well beyond one's needs: hoard, squirrel (away), stockpile. Slang stash. See collect/distribute, give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: hold dear
Antonyms: dislike, disparage, hate

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Buried treasure is a favourite theme in popular lore; many, if not most, ancient earthworks, barrows, standing stones, and similar sites are alleged to contain it (Grinsell, 1976), as are old churches and mansions, ruined castles, crossroads, and the ubiquitous secret tunnels. Sometimes it is linked to historical persons and events; thus, in Hertfordshire there are tales of a lost Roman ‘treasure city’, the hidden gold of the Knights Templar, the ‘plate and monys’ of St Albans Abbey, and the loot of Wicked Lady Ferrers, who lived by highway robbery (Jones-Baker, 1977: 31-45). Legends such as these could be duplicated from every county. Sometimes this wealth takes on fantastic forms—a man buried in gold or silver armour, gold or silver coffins, silver gates, even the Golden Calf of the Bible.

However, it was not thought easy to find the treasure, or to keep it, for spirits were likely to be guarding it. In Lancashire, ghostly black hens, cocks, horses, and dogs are mentioned, and also boggarts and bogles. In Sussex, legends tell of two huge snakes preventing access to a pot of gold in a tunnel; the Devil deterring treasure-seekers with thunder-claps and/or shifting the Golden Calf underground as soon as they approach it; a ghostly calf with fiery eyes; and an evil spirit in the form of a black hen (Simpson, 1973: 23-5). In Cheshire, it is said that demons guard Richard II's gold in a well at Beeston Castle, and ensure that anyone trying to reach it will go mad or be stricken dumb with horror (Hole, 1937: 67). In other tales, seekers fail at the last minute by breaking a taboo on speaking before the work is complete; they may compound their mistake by boasting, swearing, or blaspheming, as at Willy Howe. In real life, magical books gave instructions for making ‘Mosaical rods’ to help in the search, and for invoking other spirits to defeat the guardians; magicians at all levels, from village fortune-tellers to Dr Dee, claimed the ability to find treasure, and many accounts of such attempts are on record (Thomas, 1971: 236-8).

IN BRIEF: A collection of precious things. Also: To be fond of; Hold dear.

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness. — Catherine Drinker Bowen (1899-1973)

Discovering treasure may indicate that the dreamer has some hidden skills or talents that can be unearthed if the dreamer can determine the hidden meaning of the symbol.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skat, rigdomme, klenodie
v. tr. - værdsætte, sætte pris på

idioms:

• treasure trove    skattefund, funden skat

Nederlands (Dutch)
schat, juweel, lieveling, koesteren

Français (French)
n. - trésor, richesse, (fig) perle, homme en or
v. tr. - chérir, tenir beaucoup à, adorer

idioms:

• treasure trove    trésor (tous contextes)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schatz, Reichtum
v. - in Ehren halten, anhäufen

idioms:

• treasure trove    Schatz, Fundgrube

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θησαυρός, (μτφ.) οτιδήποτε πολύτιμο
v. - εκτιμώ πολύ, θεωρώ πολύτιμο, φυλάω σαν θησαυρό, αποθησαυρίζω

idioms:

• treasure trove    αδέσποτος θησαυρός που βρέθηκε τυχαία, (μτφ.) ουρανόπεμπτο δώρο, πολύτιμο εύρημα

Italiano (Italian)
tesoro

idioms:

• treasure trove    tesoro trovato, raccolta di gioielli

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tesouro (m), raridade (f), preciosidade (f), riqueza (f)
v. - entesourar, ter em alta estima, conservar na memória

idioms:

• treasure trove    tesouro achado cujo dono é ignorado

Русский (Russian)
клад, сокровище, (об издержках) крупная сумма денег

idioms:

• treasure trove    сокровищница, клад

Español (Spanish)
n. - tesoro, preciosidad, valor (de una cosa)
v. tr. - atesorar, guardar como un tesoro

idioms:

• treasure trove    tesoro escondido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skatt, klenod, pärla, dyrbarhet
v. - samla, lägga på hög, uppskatta, värdera, sätta högt värde på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
金银财宝, 财富, 不可多得的人才, 贵重物品, 宝贝, 珍爱, 密藏, 重视

idioms:

• treasure trove    埋藏物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 金銀財寶, 財富, 不可多得的人才, 貴重物品, 寶貝
v. tr. - 珍愛, 密藏, 重視

idioms:

• treasure trove    埋藏物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보물, 금전, 귀여운 너
v. tr. - 비장하다, 명심하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宝物, 貴重品, 貴重な人, 重宝な人
v. - 大切にする, 秘蔵する, 大事にする

idioms:

• treasure trove    埋蔵物, 貴重な発見

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثروة, كنز (فعل) يعز, يدخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אוצר, מטמון, יקיר‬
v. tr. - ‮העריך, הוקיר‬

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