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    fed
    verb
    simple past tense and past participle of feed.
  • Fed
    Fed
    noun
    the Fed, the Federal Reserve System.
  • fed.
    fed.
    abbreviation
    federal.
  • Fed.
    Fed.
    abbreviation
    Federal.
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fed

1 American  
[fed] / fɛd /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feed.


idioms

  1. fed up, impatient; disgusted; bored.

    They were fed up with the same old routine.

fed 2 American  
[fed] / fɛd /

noun

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


Fed 3 American  
[fed] / fɛd /

noun

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

  2. the Federal Reserve Board.


fed. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. federal.

  2. federated.

  3. federation.


Fed. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Federal.


Fed. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Federal

  2. Federation

  3. Federated

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fed 2 British  
/ fɛd /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of feed

  2. informal bored or annoyed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Fed 3 British  
/ fɛd /

noun

  1. informal the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fed 4 British  
/ fɛd /

noun

  1. slang an agent of the FBI

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fed

First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening

Example Sentences

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Maria then worked as an engineer in Kharkiv's state-owned FED factory that made aerospace parts.

From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2022

For photographers, Ukraine is "a bit of a mecca", explains Iain, because of two big Russian camera factories, the FED factory in Kharkov and the Zavod Arsenal factory in Kyiv.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022

The dialer was reportedly first seen last year through the Pixel’s emergency app, but Google confirmed to Android Police that FED is currently rolling out to a wider release.

From The Verge • Mar. 1, 2022

FED WATCH: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday to discuss the possibility of a second term, a source familiar with the administration’s Fed search told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2017

Can't it be FED into you that you can't buck against the railroad?

From The Octopus : A story of California by Norris, Frank

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