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high-fed

high-fed adjective: well-fed; fed to excess.

Adjective

high-fed (comparative more high-fed, superlative most high-fed)

  1. Well-fed; fed to excess.
    • The poor Bella has, you know, a plump high-fed face, if I maybe allowed the expression.1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 7, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

Forms of high-fed

comparativemore high-fed
superlativemost high-fed

Questions about high-fed

What does high-fed mean?
High-fed means well-fed; fed to excess.
What part of speech is high-fed?
High-fed is an adjective.

Words near high-fed in the dictionary

  1. high-entropy alloys
  2. high-falutin
  3. high-falutin'
  4. high-faluting
  5. high-fat
  6. high-fed
  7. high-fiber
  8. high-finished
  9. high-finned dragonet
  10. high-finned dragonets
  11. high-five

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