English Explanatory Dictionary

fed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A federal government officer or official.
  2. A police officer.
  3. The Canadian federal government.
noun
  1. A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
  2. Clipping of federation.
verb
  1. Clipping of federate.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of feed
name
  1. Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.
noun
  1. Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose.
  2. Initialism of field emission display.
name
  1. Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System)

Pronunciation

/fɛd/ en-us-fed.ogg

Word forms

fed feds fedding fedded F.E.D. F. E. D. the Fed

Etymology

Clipping of federal.

Synonyms

5-O alphabet barney beatsman bizzie bluebottle bluecoat blue heeler blue meanie bobby body snatcher bogey boy in blue bull bullyman buttons centenier charpering omi chazzer cobbler cop copper cozzer cracker crusher crowns dibble fed filth finest finger five-o flatfoot flatty fuzz garda gendarme glowie guardian of the peace harman harman-beck Inspector Knacker jack jackboot jake John Law John Q. Law Johnny Hopper lawman mee-maw monarch Mr Plod mutton shunter nuthook oinker Officer Friendly Old Bill one-time PC Plod pig

Related words

defed LCD SED VFD

Derived words

fedpost e-fed belt-fed bloodfed cornfed fed up fullfed handfed malfed milkfed nonfed rainfed sheetfed snow-fed underfed unfed FedACH Fedwire Fedzilla
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