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Fed

noun

1.

Any federal law-enforcement officer. Synonyms: Federal, 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. Synonyms: Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, FRS.

Feed

verb

(past & past part. fed; pres. part. feeding)

1.

Provide as food.

2.

Give food to. Synonym: give. "Don't give the child this tough meat"

3.

Feed into; supply.

4.

Introduce continuously. Synonym: feed in.

5.

Support or promote.

6.

Take in food; used of animals only. Synonym: eat. "What do whales eat?"

7.

Serve as food for; be the food for.

8.

Move along, of liquids. Synonyms: course, flow, run. "The Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

9.

Profit from in an exploitatory manner. Synonym: prey.

10.

Gratify. Synonym: feast.

11.

Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to. Synonyms: fertilise, fertilize.

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"Fed" Quotes from Famous Books

... all gwine to do nex' I jes' wonder," he exclaimed. "Yo' ekals ain't made dis side o' 'ternity. Lordee, Lordee," he gazed at them admiringly, "you sho' is genoowine corn-fed, sterlin' silver, all-woolan'-a-yard-wide, pure-leaf, Green-River Lollapaloosas. Does yo' folks know 'bout yer? Lordee! What I axin' sech a fool question fer? 'Course dey don't. Come on, I gwine to take y' all off 'n dese cars right here at ...

— Miss Minerva and William Green Hill • Frances Boyd Calhoun

... bad as that. She was controlling herself with Plemponi. But I've been observing her in the physical workouts. I've fed it to her as heavy as I could, but there's a limit to what you can do that way. She's kept ...

— Legacy • James H Schmitz

... on the evening of the 15th only the offerings called Segaki are made in the temples. Then are fed the ghosts of the Circle of Penance, called Gakido, the place of hungry spirits; and then also are fed by the priests those ghosts having no other friends among the living to care for them. Very, very small these offerings are—like ...

— Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan - First Series • Lafcadio Hearn

... nurse to put a shawl round him and bring him down. It is the hour for my baby's supper," she smiled, turning to Lady Isabel. "I may as well have him here for once, as Mr. Carlyle is out. Sometimes I am out myself, and then he has to be fed." ...

— East Lynne • Mrs. Henry Wood

... for Cecilia, was the most unfortunate that could have happened; the gentleness of Delvile was alone sufficient to melt her, since her pride had no subsistence when not fed by his own; and while his mildness had blunted her displeasure, his anguish had penetrated her heart. Lost in thought and in sadness, she continued fixed to her seat; and looking at the door through which he had passed, ...

— Cecilia vol. 2 - Memoirs of an Heiress • Frances (Fanny) Burney (Madame d'Arblay)

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