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fed   (TTS Sound)

The noun fed has 2 senses

• Federal, Fed, federal official -- (any federal law-enforcement officer)


• Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, Fed, FRS -- (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")

The verb feed has 11 senses

• feed -- (provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts")


• feed, give -- (give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat")


• feed -- (feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity")


• feed, feed in -- (introduce continuously; "feed carrots into a food processor")


• feed -- (support or promote; "His admiration fed her vanity")


• feed, eat -- (take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?")


• feed -- (serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six")


• run, flow, feed, course -- (move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi")


• prey, feed -- (profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity")


• feed, feast -- (gratify; "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view")


• fertilize, fertilise, feed -- (provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants")