fed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feed.
fed
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[fed]
/ fɛd /
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fed
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[fed]
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noun
Fed
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[fed]
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noun
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Informal. the Fed, the Federal Reserve System.
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the Federal Reserve Board.
fed.
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abbreviation
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federal.
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federated.
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federation.
Fed.
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abbreviation
Fed.
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abbreviation
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Federal
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Federation
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Federated
fed
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/ fɛd /
verb
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the past tense and past participle of feed
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informal bored or annoyed
Fed
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/ fɛd /
noun
fed
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/ fɛd /
noun
Etymology
Origin of fed
First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening
Example Sentences
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They also fed more frequently and for longer stretches as they tore apart, pulled at, manipulated, and consumed the carcasses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
German companies’ expectations for selling prices increased in September as higher energy costs increasingly fed through to prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
In his third term he has overseen a drop in inflation and unemployment, but voters complain about a high cost of living and are fed up with crime.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
“I think the press fed it to them,” he said.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Clearly, he wasn't going to get any answers until the beast was fed.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Comments from Fed officials cemented expectations for another interest rate hike before the end of the year, though this month appears unlikely.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
However, the prospect of more Fed rate hikes still hangs over the market, it adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
What do the latest Fed minutes tell you about how officials at the central bank are thinking about the economy as a whole, or how they are weighing inflation risk?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Gen Z women are “dramatically less likely to want children than all three of the previous generations,” according to a recent report from the Atlanta Fed.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Fed up with being pestered, at last the officer agreed to let Yevgeniya and Nina visit him at work!
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Richards said: "They don't need to be fed. A lot of people are thinking: 'It's bone dry out there, everything is brown', but the deer don't need supplementary feeding here at Richmond Park."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“It was pretty obvious, just walking the streets, what they wanted. They wanted to be fed. It was as simple as that.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
“And I hope that everyone feels a little more loved than before they came, a little bit more seen, and more fed. I just hope everyone just feels taken care of.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
“We had a total global pandemic for the last two years, and the horses still expected to be fed. They weren’t the least bit sympathetic,” Bonnie Hammond, SAFE’s executive director, tells me with a chuckle.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2022
“I do not care that my foolish belly is growing lazy after all these days of little to do. It must be fed. I will not die because it does not wish to work.”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
“I actually want more from my Fed. I want to feel comfortable that the Fed knows what it is doing,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Greenspan marked the beginning of a much more reactive Fed. He started the shift toward overprotecting markets,” said Ethan Harris, former chief economist at Bank of America Securities.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
“It’s problematic for the Fed. I don’t see how they can justify a June cut with this strong data.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
"Should U.S. growth begin to soften the market will re-focus on sooner rate cuts from the Fed. Conversely, resurgent inflation could pose over-tightening risks globally, introducing greater 'hard landing' risks."
From Reuters ● Aug. 29, 2023
Fed. for wom. suff. in '99, 359;Miss Laughlin on statistics of wage-earning women, need of ballot, 360;ancient opp. to, 361;working woman's great disadvantage, 377;wages of men and wom.,
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Ida Husted Harper
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