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Fed.

Fed.

See also: fed, Fed, FED, and -fed

English

Noun

Fed.

  1. (law) Abbreviation of federal.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, p. 430-431.

Anagrams

fed.

fed

See also: Fed, FED, -fed, and Fed.

English

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. (US, slang) a federal government officer or official, especially FBI and DEA agents.
  2. (London, chiefly MLE, slang) a police officer.

Synonyms

  • (police officer): see Wikisaurus:police officer

Etymology 2

Verb

fed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of feed

Derived terms

Anagrams


Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feð/, [feːˀð], [feðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -eð

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

fed

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

Inflection

Inflection of fed
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular fed federe fedest2
Neuter singular fedt federe fedest2
Plural fede federe fedest2
Definite attributive1 fede federe fedeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

  1. skein
  2. clove
Inflection

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

fed

  1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Abbreviation

fed.

  1. federatie

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (to close, cover). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (podi).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛd]
  • Hyphenation: fed

Verb

fed

  1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Starostin's Uralic Database, Entry #754

Lojban

Rafsi

fed

  1. rafsi of fendi.

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (plural feds)

  1. federation

Declension