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Processed

adjective

Subjected to a special process or treatment. "Processed cheeses are easy to spread"

Freed from impurities by processing. Synonym: refined. "Refined oil" , "To gild refined gold"

Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process.

Process

verb

Subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition. Synonym: treat. "Process hair" , "Treat the water so it can be drunk" , "Treat the lawn with chemicals" , "Treat an oil spill"

Deal with in a routine way. "Process a loan" , "Process the applicants"

Perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information.

Institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against. Synonyms: action, litigate, sue. "She actioned the company for discrimination"

March in a procession. Synonym: march.

Shape, form, or improve a material. Synonyms: work, work on. "Process iron" , "Work the metal"

Deliver a warrant or summons to someone. Synonyms: serve, swear out.

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"Processed" Quotes from Famous Books

... be on the food itself (or on the can or package containing the food), and these could be wiped or washed off. Reaping, threshing, canning and other processing would prevent any dangerous quantities of fallout particles from getting into processed foods. If necessary to further protect the population, special precautions would ...

— In Time Of Emergency - A Citizen's Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) • Department of Defense

... and of sufficient quantity. In that period about all the food was produced and processed on the plantation, which eliminated any reason for failure to provide ample food. The meat was home cured and the ham and bacon ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves - Texas Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration

... into sterilized jars and then the rubber and lid adjusted; the soup may then be processed for three hours in a hot-water bath. Remove from the bath, fasten the lids securely, and then test for leaks and store in a dry cool place. Where there is a fire kept in the kitchen, it will not add to the costs to can soups, stocks, etc., ...

— Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book - Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions • Mary A. Wilson

... into one of the white seats, but the children processed solemnly round, pausing under ...

— Jan and Her Job • L. Allen Harker

... a whole play or revue, a scene could be arranged in which the great scribes processed past. One group might consist of Carmelite Friars, with "Quex" and "The Rambler," each with a luncheon host on one arm and a musical-comedy actress on the other; "An Englishman," with his scourge of knotted cords, on his ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 • Various