processed adj 1: subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread" 2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn: {refined}] [ant: {unrefined}] 3: prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process; "processed ores" [ant: {unprocessed}]