Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PROCESS
process, physical process
(noun) a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states; “events now in process”; “the process of calcification begins later for boys than for girls”
procedure, process
(noun) a particular course of action intended to achieve a result; “the procedure of obtaining a driver’s license”; “it was a process of trial and error”
process, outgrowth, appendage
(noun) a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; “a bony process”
process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
(noun) (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; “the process of thinking”; “the cognitive operation of remembering”
process, unconscious process
(noun) a mental process that you are not directly aware of; “the process of denial”
summons, process
(noun) 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
process, treat
(verb) 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”
process
(verb) 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”
serve, process, swear out
(verb) deliver a warrant or summons to someone; “He was processed by the sheriff”
work, work on, process
(verb) shape, form, or improve a material; “work stone into tools”; “process iron”; “work the metal”
march, process
(verb) march in a procession; “They processed into the dining room”
process
(verb) deal with in a routine way; “I’ll handle that one”; “process a loan”; “process the applicants”
action, sue, litigate, process
(verb) institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against; “He was warned that the district attorney would process him”; “She actioned the company for discrimination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
process (plural processes)
A series of events which produce a result (the product).
(manufacturing) A set of procedures used to produce a product, most commonly in the food and chemical industries.
A path of succession of states through which a system passes.
(anatomy) Successive physiological responses to keep or restore health.
(legal) Documents issued by a court in the course of a lawsuit or action at law, such as a summons, mandate, or writ.
(biology) An outgrowth of tissue or cell.
(anatomy) A structure that arises above a surface.
(computing) An executable task or program.
The centre mark that players aim at in the game of squails.
Hyponyms
• Hawkes process
• Lincoln County process
• Poisson process
• Unified Process
• Unified Software Development Process
Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
(transitive) To perform a particular process on a thing.
(transitive) To retrieve, store, classify, manipulate, transmit etc. (data, signals, etc.), especially using computer techniques.
(transitive, figurative) To think about a piece of information, or a concept, in order to assimilate it, and perhaps accept it in a modified state.
(transitive, photography, film) To develop photographic film.
(transitive, legal) To take legal proceedings against.
Etymology 2
Verb
process (third-person singular simple present processes, present participle processing, simple past and past participle processed)
To walk in a procession
Anagrams
• Cospers, Crespos, corpses, scopers
Source: Wiktionary
Proc"ess, n. Etym: [F. procès, L. processus. See Proceed.]
1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns. Tennyson.
2. A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; normal or actual course or procedure; regular proceeding; as, the process of vegetation or decomposition; a chemical process; processes of nature. Tell her the process of Antonio's end. Shak.
3. A statement of events; a narrative. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis.
5. (Law)
Definition: The whole course of proceedings in a cause real or personal, civil or criminal, from the beginning to the end of the suit; strictly, the means used for bringing the defendant into court to answer to the action; -- a generic term for writs of the class called judicial. Deacon's process Etym: [from H. Deacon, who introduced it] (Chem.), a method of obtaining chlorine gas by passing hydrochloric acid gas over heated slag which has been previously saturated with a solution of some metallic salt, as sulphate of copper.
– Final process (Practice), a writ of execution in an action at law. Burrill.
– In process, in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed.
– Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. Burrill.
– Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphuric acid, reducing the sodium sulphate so formed to sodium sulphide by roasting with charcoal, and converting the sodium sulphide to sodium carbonate by roasting with lime.
– Mesne process. See under Mesne.
– Process milling, the process of high milling for grinding flour. See under Milling.
– Reversible process (Thermodynamics), any process consisting of a cycle of operations such that the different operations of the cycle can be performed in reverse order with a reversal of their effects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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