Fed

  • 41fed — {{11}}fed (n.) 1788, short for FEDERALIST (Cf. Federalist); as colloquial for “official of the federal government,” from 1916, especially, after 1930s, of FBI agents. {{12}}fed (v.) p.t. and pp. of FEED (Cf. feed) (v.). Fed up surfeited,… …

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  • 42fed up — ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, oft ADJ with/of n/ ing If you are fed up, you are unhappy, bored, or tired of something, especially something that you have been experiencing for a long time. [INFORMAL] I am fed up with reading how women should dress to… …

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  • 43fed — I UK [fed] / US noun [countable] Word forms fed : singular fed plural feds American informal someone employed by the US government to do police work, especially an officer in the FBI II UK [fed] / US the past tense and past participle of feed I …

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  • 44FED — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres …

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  • 45fed — fed1 [fed] v the past tense and past participle of ↑feed 1 →↑fed up fed 2 fed2 n AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: federal] a police officer in the ↑FBI …

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  • 46fed — fed1 [ fed ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone employed by the U.S. government to do police work, especially an officer in the FBI fed fed 2 the past tense and past participle of feed1 …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47Fed — Feed Feed (f[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fed} (f[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Feeding}.] [AS. f[=e]dan, fr. f[=o]da food; akin to OS. f[=o]dian, OFries. f[=e]da, f[=o]da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae][eth]a, Sw. f[ o]da, Dan. f[ o]de. [root]75 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48Fed — US Notenbank; Federal Reserve; Federal Reserve System; Zentralbank der Vereinigten Staaten * * * I FED,   Abk. für Feldemissions Display. II FED,   …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 49fed up — adj. fed up of (BE), with * * * with fed up of (BE) …

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  • 50fed — [[t]fe̱d[/t]] feds 1) Fed is the past tense and past participle of . See also fed up. 2) N COUNT: usu pl The feds are federal agents, for example of the American security agency, the FBI, or of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. [AM,… …

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