Definition of FED

fed

Meanings

Plural: feds

Noun

  • any federal law-enforcement officer
  • 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"
  • A federal government officer or official.
  • A police officer.
  • The Canadian federal government.
  • A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
  • Clipping of federation.

Verb

  • provide as food
  • give food to
  • feed into; supply
  • introduce continuously
  • support or promote
    • "His admiration fed her vanity"
  • take in food; used of animals only
  • serve as food for; be the food for
  • move along, of liquids
  • profit from in an exploitatory manner
  • gratify
  • provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
  • Clipping of federate.
  • simple past and past participle of feed

Origin / Etymology

Clipping of federal.

Synonyms

5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, blue heeler, blue meanie, bluebottle, bluecoat, bobby, body snatcher, bogey, boy in blue, bull, bullyman, buttons, centenier, charpering omi, chazzer, cobbler, cop, copper, course, cozzer, cracker, crowns, crusher, dibble, eat, feast, fed, Federal, federal official, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, feed, feed in, fertilise, fertilize, filth, finest, finger, five-o, flatfoot, flatty, flow, FRS, fuzz, garda, gendarme, give, glowie, guardian of the peace, harman, harman-beck, jack, jackboot, jake, John Law, John Q. Law, Johnny Hopper, lawman, mee-maw, monarch, Mr Plod, mutton shunter, nuthook, Officer Friendly, oinker, Old Bill, PC Plod, peeler, pig, piggy, plod, po-po, police, police officer, policeman, policeperson, polis, prey, raw lobster, roller, rozzer, run, scufter, slop, statie, swine, twelve, tyre biter, unboiled lobster, walloper, wooden-top

Antonyms

starve

Scrabble Score: 7

fed is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fed is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fed is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

fed is a valid Words With Friends word