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processing

 
Noun processing has 1 sense
  1. processing - preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure; "the processing of newly arrived immigrants"; "the processing of ore to obtain minerals"
    --1 is a kind of
    process
    --1 has particulars:
     blowing; data processing; development, developing; refining, refinement, purification; vulcanization, vulcanisation
    Derived forms: verb process1, verb process2
Verb process has 7 senses
  1. process - deal with in a routine way; "I'll handle that one"; "process a loan"; "process the applicants"
    --1 is one way to
    manage, deal, care, handle
    Derived forms: noun process1, noun processing1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. process, treat - 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"
    --2 is one way to affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
    Derived forms: noun processor2, noun processor1, noun processing1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. process - 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"
    --3 is one way to
    calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
    Derived form: noun processor3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. action, sue, litigate, process - institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination"
    --4 is one way to challenge
    Derived form: noun process4
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  5. work, work on, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"
    --5 is one way to transform, transmute, transubstantiate
    Derived form: noun process1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  6. serve, process, swear out - deliver a warrant or summons to someone; "He was processed by the sheriff"
    --6 is one way to deliver
    Derived form: noun process4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody with something
  7. march, process - march in a procession; "They processed into the dining room"
    --7 is one way to walk
    Sample sentence:
    The children process to the playground
process printing process that usually requires two parents to produce an organism processed processed cheese processes processess processi processible processing processing time procession processional processional march processions processor processors processual

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