fed

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛd/
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (slang, derogatory) A federal government officer or official.
2. (MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
3. (Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From federation.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (weightlifting, slang) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
2. Clipping of federation.

Derived terms

Verb

fed (third-person singular simple present feds, present participle fedding, simple past and past participle fedded)

1. Clipping of federate.

Related terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fed

1. simple past and past participle of feed

Derived terms

Anagrams

• DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˀð], [feðˀ]

Adjective

fed

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

   at ryge en fed

   to smoke a joint (a "fat one")

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feð]

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

1. skein
2. clove

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feːˀð], [feðˀ]

Verb

fed

1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föd (dialectal)

Etymology

Uncertain. According to different sources:

• From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pentɜ- (“to shut, cover”).
• From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (poďi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛd]
• Hyphenation: fed
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fed

1. (transitive) to cover

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fed

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

• fedd (“to chide, reprimand, scold”)

References

Further reading

• fed in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

fed

1. Alternative form of fede

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (nominative plural feds)

1. federation

Declension

Derived terms

• fedalän (“federal state, Bundesstaat”)