WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
fed1 /fɛd/USA pronunciation
v.
-fed-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- pt. and pp. of feed.
- Idioms fed up, [be + ~] impatient;
disgusted;
bored:I was fed up with his excuses.
-fed-, root.
- -fed- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "group;
league;
trust.'' This meaning is found in such words as: confederate, federal, federation.
- federal.
- federated.
- federation.
fed1
(fed),USA pronunciation v.
fed2 (fed),USA pronunciation n.
Fed (fed),USA pronunciation n. the Fed, [Informal.]
Fed.,
fed.,
- pt. and pp. of feed.
- fed up, impatient;
disgusted;
bored:They were fed up with the same old routine.
fed2 (fed),USA pronunciation n.
- Slang Terms(sometimes cap.) a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
- by shortening 1915–20
Fed (fed),USA pronunciation n. the Fed, [Informal.]
- Government, Informal Termsthe Federal Reserve System.
- Government, Informal Termsthe Federal Reserve Board.
Fed.,
- Federal.
fed.,
- federal.
- federated.
- federation.
'-fed-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Albert
- amplifier
- atrophy
- Azov
- Balkhash
- beadsman
- beebread
- blast furnace
- bottle-feed
- breast-feed
- browned-off
- Caspian Sea
- Chad
- charge
- chocker
- crossover network
- dogie
- eutrophic
- exclusive OR circuit
- fed
- fed up
- Fed.
- feed
- feedback
- feeder
- folded dipole
- force-feed
- fully
- Geneva
- grass
- induction motor
- input
- jack
- Lake of the Woods
- Lewis gun
- Lucerne
- machine learning
- main line
- Manitoba
- mash
- pigswill
- Poopó
- power
- program
- quadraphonics
- reel-fed
- river
- roundhouse
- royal jelly
- Argand burner