fed
1
[ fed ]
/ fɛd /
verb
simple past tense and past participle of feed.
Idioms for fed
fed up,
impatient; disgusted; bored: They were fed up with the same old routine.
Words nearby fed
Definition for fed (2 of 6)
fed
2
[ fed ]
/ fɛd /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter) Slang.
a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
Origin of fed
2
First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening
Definition for fed (3 of 6)
Fed
[ fed ]
/ fɛd /
noun
the Fed, Informal.
the Federal Reserve System.
the Federal Reserve Board.
Definition for fed (4 of 6)
feed
[ feed ]
/ fid /
verb (used with object), fed, feed·ing.
verb (used without object), fed, feed·ing.
(especially of animals) to take food; eat: cows feeding in a meadow; to feed well.
to be nourished or gratified; subsist: to feed on grass; to feed on thoughts of revenge.
noun
Origin of feed
before 950; Middle English
feden, Old English
fēdan; cognate with Gothic
fodjan, Old Saxon
fōdian. See
food
SYNONYMS FOR feed
synonym study for feed
13.
Feed,
fodder,
forage,
provender mean food for animals.
Feed is the general word:
pig feed; chicken feed.
Fodder is especially applied to dry or green feed, as opposed to pasturage, fed to horses, cattle, etc.:
fodder for winter feeding; Cornstalks are good fodder.
Forage is food that an animal obtains (usually grass, leaves, etc.) by searching about for it:
Lost cattle can usually live on forage.
Provender denotes dry feed, such as hay, oats, or corn:
a supply of provender in the haymow and corn cribs.
OTHER WORDS FROM feed
feed·a·ble, adjective out·feed, verb (used with object), out·fed, out·feed·ing. re·feed, verb, re·fed, re·feed·ing. un·feed·a·ble, adjectiveDefinition for fed (5 of 6)
Definition for fed (6 of 6)
Example sentences from the Web for fed
British Dictionary definitions for fed (1 of 5)
fed
1
/ (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 5)
fed
2
/ (fɛd) /
noun
US slang
an agent of the FBI
British Dictionary definitions for fed (3 of 5)
Fed
/ (fɛd) /
noun
the Fed US informal
the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board
British Dictionary definitions for fed (4 of 5)
Fed.
fed.
abbreviation for
Federal
Federation
Federated
British Dictionary definitions for fed (5 of 5)
feed
/ (fiːd) /
verb feeds, feeding or fed (fɛd) (mainly tr)
noun
Derived forms of feed
feedable, adjectiveWord Origin for feed
Old English
fēdan; related to Old Norse
fœtha to feed, Old High German
fuotan, Gothic
fōthjan; see
food,
fodder
Idioms and Phrases with fed
feed