processed
pro sest
- v subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition
- v deal with in a routine way
- v perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information
The results of the elections were still being processed when he gave his acceptance speech - v institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against
- v march in a procession
They processed into the dining room - v shape, form, or improve a material
- v deliver a warrant or summons to someone
He was processed by the sheriff - s subjected to a special process or treatment
processed cheeses are easy to spread - a freed from impurities by processing
- a prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process
processed ores
- In 2006 and 2007, European officials discovered an unauthorized variety of genetically modified (GM) rice made in China illegal in both Europe and China in processed food .
- On these microchips, all the world's information and entertainment can be stored in digital form, processed and zapped to every nook of a networked planet.
- Tom Grill Corbis In the past four decades, Americans' salt consumption has risen 50%, mostly as a result of eating more processed foods and more food prepared in restaurants .