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fed

1

[fed]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feed.



fed

2

[fed]

noun

  1. (sometimes initial capital letter)a federal official or law-enforcement officer.

Fed

3

[fed]

noun

  1. Informal.the Fed, the Federal Reserve System.

  2. the Federal Reserve Board.

fed.

4

abbreviation

  1. federal.

  2. federated.

  3. federation.

Fed.

5

abbreviation

  1. Federal.

Fed.

1

abbreviation

  1. Federal

  2. Federation

  3. Federated

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fed

2

/ ɛ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of feed

  2. informalbored or annoyed

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Fed

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/ ɛ /

noun

  1. informalthe Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board

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fed

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/ ɛ /

noun

  1. slangan agent of the FBI

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fed1

First recorded in 1915–20; by shortening
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. fed up, impatient; disgusted; bored.

    They were fed up with the same old routine.

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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Brandishing his weapons, he told PC Stephanie Fleming, who confronted him: "I'm fed up, I'm done."

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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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