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fed
1[fed]
fed
2[fed]
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
Fed
3[fed]
noun
Informal.the Fed, the Federal Reserve System.
the Federal Reserve Board.
fed.
4abbreviation
federal.
federated.
federation.
Fed.
5abbreviation
Federal.
Fed.
1abbreviation
Federal
Federation
Federated
fed
2/ ɛ /
verb
the past tense and past participle of feed
informalbored or annoyed
Fed
3/ ɛ /
noun
informalthe Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board
fed
4/ ɛ /
noun
slangan agent of the FBI
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fed1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The report fed a rising cry for reform of the three-decade-old Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority that oversees contracting for the city’s and county’s homeless services.
When asked about the claims by Al Hassan, she said her feeling was that he "fed the FBI a story that they wanted to hear" to help them close the case.
Padilla said he got fed up listening to her remarks about criminals and invasions and tried to ask a question, while moving forward past the wall of television cameras.
Brandishing his weapons, he told PC Stephanie Fleming, who confronted him: "I'm fed up, I'm done."
Because if a nice Mexican such as Alex Padilla could be fed up with hate against us enough to get tossed around by the feds in the name of preserving democracy, anyone can.
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