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fed

UK/ˈfɛd//ˈfɛd/

fed noun: a federal government officer or official. Also the clipping of federation.

Noun (1)

fed (plural feds)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A federal government officer or official.
    • That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
    • A person is saying that the protester shot in the head by the feds with non lethals is in the hospital, doctors saying they don’t think they will make it.
      Holy fuck, I’m speechless.2020 July 12, PNW Youth Liberation Front, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2020
  2. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A police officer.
    • Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.2022 March 15, “Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching”, in Metro
  3. (in plural) The federal government of the nation one resides in.
    • Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

Noun (2)

fed (plural feds)

  1. (slang) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: FED

FED

  1. (US, nonstandard) Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed.
    • So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.1982-3, National Farmers' Union Washington newsletter, v. 29-31, http://books.google.com/books?lr=&id=ajk9AAAAYAAJ&q=%22so%2C+the+FED+Chairman%22#search_anchor
    • The extent of independence of the Federal Reserve Board (FED) from the executive branch has been a topic of ongoing study by economists and political scientists.1985, Caryl Ersenkal, Myles S. Wallace, and John T. Warner, "Chairman reappointments, presidential elections and policy actions of the federal reserve," Policy Sciences, Springer Netherlands, ISSN...

Noun (3) capitalized: FED

FED (plural FEDs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of field emission display.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Fed

the Fed

  1. (US, abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System)
    • So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.2019 August 1, Mark Zandi, “Blame Trump for the Fed’s broken monetary policy compass”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2019
    • Still, it may be too soon to conclude that the Fed has royally screwed up.2025 August 2, Bryan Mena, “Did the Fed just royally screw up?”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2025
  2. (abbreviation, clipping) Clipping of World Wrestling Federation; also used for the company under its current name of World Wrestling Entertainment.
    • A 1994 agreement between the two WWFs allowed the Fed limited rights to the WWF tag, but they had long since stopped complying with the agreement, arguing it hindered the Fed's ability to conduct business.2001 August 16, Michael Tearson, “In battle of WWFs, animal lovers win Round 1”, in Philadelphia Daily News, page 39
    • Fully cognizant of the staged nature of the wrestling, [Smart fans] follow the WWE not just to see the shows, but to keep track of what "the Fed" is doing.2007, Lawrence B. McBride, S. Elizabeth Beth, “From Smart Fan to Backyard Wrestler: Performance, Context, and Aesthetic Violence”, in Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss, and C. Lee Harrington, editors...

Also used as

fed is also the clipping of federation.

fed is also the clipping of federate.

fed is also the simple past and past participle of feed.

fed meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi

fed in Hindi

खिलाया, खिलाया गया

fed in Tamil

உணவளித்தார்

fed in Telugu

తినిపించారు

fed in Punjabi

ਖੁਆ ਦਿੱਤਾ
More languagesFewer languages
fed in Gujarati
ખવડાવેલું
fed in Odia
ଖୁଆଇଦେଲା

Synonyms of fed

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Forms of fed

Noun
pluralfeds
pluralFEDs
alternative formF.E.D.
alternative formF. E. D.
Verb
third-person singular presentfeds
present participlefedding
past participlefedded
pastfedded

Origin of fed

Clipping of federal.

From federation.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from fed

Phrases with fed

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Words that rhyme with fed

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Questions about fed

What does fed mean?
Fed means a federal government officer or official.
What is fed in Hindi?
Fed in Hindi is खिलाया, खिलाया गया. See Fed meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fed?
Fed can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fed?
Fed is pronounced /ˈfɛd/ (UK).
What is the plural of fed?
The plural of fed is feds.

Words near fed in the dictionary

  1. fecundize
  2. fecundized
  3. fecundizes
  4. fecundizing
  5. fecundly
  6. fed
  7. fed and watered
  8. fed back
  9. fed cattle
  10. Fed Cup
  11. fed forward

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fed (page history and authors); FED (page history and authors); Fed (page history and authors); fed (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fed (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fed (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fed (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fed (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fed (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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