fed

¹

[fed]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of feed.

fed

²

[fed]

noun

1. (sometimes initial capital letter),  a federal official or law-enforcement officer.

Fed

³

[fed]

noun

1. Informal.,  the Fed, the Federal Reserve System.

2. the Federal Reserve Board.

fed.

⁴

abbreviation

1. federal.

2. federated.

3. federation.

Fed.

⁵

abbreviation

1. Federal.

Fed.

¹

abbreviation

1. Federal

2. Federation

3. Federated

fed

²

/ fɛd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of feed

2. informal,  bored or annoyed

Fed

³

/ fɛd /

noun

1. informal,  the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board

fed

⁴

/ fɛd /

noun

1. slang,  an agent of the FBI

Word History and Origins

Origin of fed¹

First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. fed up, impatient; disgusted; bored.

   They were fed up with the same old routine.

Example Sentences

These have fed an inexhaustible appetite for information, studies and special data, enabling ever more expansive government policy.

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Rob Barr said the two Sussex pubs he owned had "supported local communities" and "fed into the fabric of Britain" for centuries, but needed help to survive.

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At the time he ate pureed meals at home and nursery staff told his parents that solids could be blended before being fed to him.

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"The overwhelming feelings are deep uncertainty and exhaustion. They see no clear path to return to their homes. They worry how to keep their children warm and fed."

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"They are very food motivated and eager to dance when they think there is a possibility of being fed," says Alayna Mackiewicz of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Related Words

• agent 
• informer 
• police officer 
• private eye 
• private investigator 
• prosecutor 
• reporter 
• sleuth 
• spy