· subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"

Synonym(s): treat

Hypernym(s): affect, impact, bear_upon, bear_on, touch_on, touch

· deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"

Hypernym(s): manage, deal, care, handle

· 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"

Hypernym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work_out, reckon, figure

· institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"

Synonym(s): action, sue, litigate

Hypernym(s): challenge

· march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"

Synonym(s): march

Hypernym(s): walk

· shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

Synonym(s): work, work_on

Hypernym(s): transform, transmute, transubstantiate

· deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff"

Synonym(s): serve, swear_out

Hypernym(s): deliver

· subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread"

· freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

Synonym(s): refined

· prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores"

Antonym(s): unprocessed