treated

Adjective
  1. Subjected to a physical (or chemical) treatment or action or agent (synset 301960457)
    "the sludge of treated sewage can be used as fertilizer"; "treated timbers resist rot"; "treated fabrics resist wrinkling"
    also: processed - prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process
    similar to:
    • activated - (of sewage) treated with aeration and bacteria to aid decomposition
    • aerated - (of a liquid) treated by having air passed or bubbled through it for purification
    • burned, burnt - treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
    • doped - treated or impregnated with a foreign substance
    • fumed - (of wood) darkened or colored by exposure to ammonia fumes
    • proofed - treated so as to become resistant
  2. Given medical care or treatment (synset 301962094)
    "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks"
    similar to:
    • bandaged, bound - covered or wrapped with a bandage
    • dosed - treated with some kind of application
    • dressed - treated with medications and protective covering
  3. Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment (synset 301525661)
    "a sword of tempered steel"; "tempered glass"
    similar to:
    • curable - capable of being hardened by some additive or other agent
    • sunbaked - baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned
    same as: hardened, tempered, toughened

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