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Processed   /prˈɑsɛst/   Listen
Processed

adjective
1.
Subjected to a special process or treatment.  "Processed cheeses are easy to spread"
2.
Freed from impurities by processing.  Synonym: refined.  "Refined oil" , "To gild refined gold"
3.
Prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process.



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"Processed" Quotes from Famous Books



... of psoroptic mange or of chorioptic mange, oily dips being liable to injure animals, especially if they are moved rapidly soon after treatment, if they are exposed to bright sunshine, or if they become chilled. Besides unprocessed crude petroleum, processed petroleum from which the gasoline and other light hydrocarbons have been removed may be utilized in the treatment of cattle for mange, particularly sarcoptic mange. There are a number of proprietary brands of crude-petroleum dips on the market, consisting of processed crude ...
— Special Report on Diseases of Cattle • U.S. Department of Agriculture

... 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

... bacterial blooms clouding the water, I reasoned that none of the fish I had seen in nature were diseased and their water was usually quite clear. Perhaps the problem was that my aquarium had an overly simplified ecology and my fish were being fed processed, dead food when in nature the ecology was highly complex and the fish were eating living things. So I bravely attempted the most radical thing I could think of; I went to the country, found a small pond ...
— Organic Gardener's Composting • Steve Solomon

... of the Department of Horticulture, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, will give us a talk on Processed Chestnuts on the Market ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report - at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 • Various

... accessories and talking points, is essentially a laboratory where semi-prepared food stuffs are processed for consumption. The automobile industry has demonstrated to the nation what remarkable things can be done by having labor conditions and proper tools on a logical train of production. With no waste of human effort, no running back and forth, work starts ...
— If You're Going to Live in the Country • Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley

... 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

... January 1942 the Navy announced that "in deference to the wishes of those for whom the plasma is being provided, the blood will be processed separately so that those receiving transfusions may be given blood of their own race." Three days later the Chief of the Bureau of Medicine, who was also the President's personal physician, told the Secretary ...
— Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 • Morris J. MacGregor Jr.

... with congregations in physical attendance, seemed difficult to find. Telepreachers still appeared regularly every Sunday, but their scripts—like everyone else's—had been processed in advance. Denominationalism and sectarianism had waned, too; all of these performers seemed very much alike, in that they were vigorous, forthright, inspiring champions of the ...
— This Crowded Earth • Robert Bloch

... 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



Words linked to "Processed" :   unrefined, treated, polished, finished, cured, vulcanised, pure, prepared, vulcanized, unprocessed, semi-processed, milled



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