process

1.a particular course of action intended to achieve a result;

the procedure of obtaining a driver's license

2.a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states;

events now in process

3.(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents;

the process of thinking

4.a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

5.a mental process that you are not directly aware of;

the process of denial

6.a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant;

a bony process

1.deal with in a routine way;

I'll handle that one

2.subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition;

process cheese

3.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

4.institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against;

He was warned that the district attorney would process him

5.shape, form, or improve a material;

work stone into tools

6.deliver a warrant or summons to someone;

He was processed by the sheriff

7.march in a procession;

They processed into the dining room