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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FED, pret. and pp. of feed, which see.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any federal law-enforcement officer [syn: Federal, Fed, federal official]
2: the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply" [syn: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation federal; federation

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: short for federal Date: 1916 1. often not capitalized a federal agent, officer, or official — usually used in plural 2. a. Federal Reserve Board b. Federal Reserve System

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. US sl. a federal official, esp. a member of the FBI. Etymology: abbr. of FEDERAL

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of FEED. Phrases and idioms: fed up (or fed to death) (often foll. by with) discontented or bored, esp. from a surfeit of something (am fed up with the rain). fed-upness the state of being fed up.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fed Fed, imp. & p. p. of Feed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Feed Feed, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fed; p. pr. & vb. n. Feeding.] [AS. f?dan, fr. f?da food; akin to C?. f?dian, OFries f?da, f?da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae]?a, Sw. f["o]da, Dan. f["o]de. ? 75. See Food.] 1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy the physical huger of. If thine enemy hunger, feed him. --Rom. xii. 20. Unreasonable reatures feed their young. --Shak. 2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent, taste, or desire. I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. --Shak. Feeding him with the hope of liberty. --Knolles. 3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal. 4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard. Thou shalt feed people Israel. --2 Sam. v. 2. Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. --B. Cornwall. 5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep. Once in three years feed your mowing lands. --Mortimer. 6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed water to a steam boiler. 7. (Mach.) (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press. (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in wood and metal working machines, so that the work moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(feds) 1. Fed is the past tense and past participle of feed. See also fed up. 2. The feds are federal agents, for example of the American security agency, the FBI, or of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. (AM INFORMAL) N-COUNT: usu pl

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