fed

[ fed ]

/ fɛd /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of feed.

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Idioms about fed

fed up, impatient; disgusted; bored: They were fed up with the same old routine.

Words nearby fed

fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundity, fed, fedayee, feddan, fedelini, federacy, federal

Other definitions for fed (2 of 5)

fed²

[ fed ]

/ fɛd /

noun

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

Origin of fed

First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening

Other definitions for fed (3 of 5)

Fed

[ fed ]

/ fɛd /

noun

the Fed, Informal. the Federal Reserve System.

the Federal Reserve Board.

Other definitions for fed (4 of 5)

fed.

abbreviation

federal.

federated.

federation.

Other definitions for fed (5 of 5)

Fed.

abbreviation

Federal.

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How to use fed in a sentence

It just really fed into a lot of pathologies I had going for me.
Patton Oswalt on Fighting Conservatives With Satire|William O’Connor|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
His keepers fed the beast copious amounts of port, Champagne, and whiskey to pacify the persnickety pachyderm.
Zebra Finches, Dolphins, Elephants, and More Animals Under the Influence|Bill Schulz|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.
Bulletproof Coffee and the Case for Butter as a Health Food|DailyBurn|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“In a country that once fed the world, children were dying of malnourishment,” writes Ivereigh.
How Pope Francis Became the World’s BFF|Jason Berry|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Detainees were described, in graphic detail, being rectally fed against their will.
Inside the CIA’s Sadistic Dungeon|Tim Mak|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
I have fed and slept at inns, living on the worst of fares and sleeping on the hardest, and hardly the cleanest, of beds.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
Half-fed men would dig for diamonds, and men sheltered by a crazy roof erect the marble walls of palaces.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
All were badly and insufficiently fed, as much from disorganized commissariat arrangements as from actual want of supplies.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
So Hettie put the chicken in a cage, with some wool to cover it, and fed it several times every day, till it came to know her.
The Nursery, July 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for fed (1 of 4)

fed¹

/ (fɛd) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of feed

fed to death, fed to the teeth, fed up to the teeth, fed to the back teeth or fed up to the back teeth informal bored or annoyed

British Dictionary definitions for fed (2 of 4)

fed²

/ (fɛd) /

noun

US slang an agent of the FBI

British Dictionary definitions for fed (3 of 4)

Fed

/ (fɛd) /

noun

the Fed US informal the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board

British Dictionary definitions for fed (4 of 4)

Fed.

fed.

abbreviation for

Federal

Federation

Federated

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