fed

See also: Fed, FED, -fed, and Fed.

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd
  • IPA(key): /fɛd/

Etymology 1

Shortening of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. (US, slang) a federal government officer or official, especially FBI and DEA agents.
  2. (London, especially MLE, slang) a police officer.

Synonyms

  • (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Etymology 2

Verb

fed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feed

Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feð/, [feːˀð], [feðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -eð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse feitr (“fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitaz.

Adjective

fed

  1. fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese
  2. fatty, rich
  3. great, smashing
  4. (of a typeface) bold

Inflection

Inflection of fed
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular fed federe fedest2
Neuter singular fedt federe fedest2
Plural fede federe fedest2
Definite attributive1 fede federe fedeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

  1. skein
  2. clove
Inflection

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

fed

  1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛd]
  • Hyphenation: fed

Verb

fed

  1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. federation

Declension

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