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Definition: Fed

Fed

Noun

1. Any federal law-enforcement officer.

2. The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and stated charted commercial banks and some trust companies; "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Fed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Fed

DomainDefinition

Post & Telecom

Said of a signal when it has been supplied to an electronic circuit. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Federal Reserve

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)


Federal Reserve Regions

The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply "The Fed") is the central bank of the United States. It was created by the United States Congress with the passage of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central, governmental agency -- the Board of Governors -- in Washington, D.C, and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks located in major cities throughout the nation.

The Federal Reserve System is not "owned" by anyone and is not a private, profit-making institution. Instead, it is an independent entity within the government, having both public purposes and private aspects. It is considered an independent central bank because its decisions do not have to be ratified by the President of the United States or anyone else in the executive or legislative branch of government, it does not receive funding appropriated by Congress, and the terms of the members of the Board of Governors span multiple presidential and congressional terms. However, the Federal Reserve is subject to oversight by Congress, which periodically reviews its activities and can alter its responsibilities by statute, and is also subject to laws regarding federal agencies such as the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act.

In addition, the Federal Reserve must work within the framework of the overall objectives of economic and financial policy established by the government. Therefore, the Federal Reserve can be more accurately described as "independent within the government."

The twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks, which were established by the Congress as the operating arms of the nation's central banking system, are organized much like private corporations--possibly leading to some confusion about "ownership." Indeed, many people incorrectly refer to the Federal Reserve as the "Federal Reserve Corporation." The Reserve Banks issue shares of stock to member banks. However, owning Reserve Bank stock is quite different from owning stock in a private company. The Reserve Banks are not operated for profit, and ownership of a certain amount of stock is, by law, a condition of membership in the System. The stock may not be sold or traded or pledged as security for a loan; dividends are, by law, 6 percent per year.

The earnings of the Federal Reserve System come primarily from interest received on the Reserve Banks' holdings of U.S. government securities (which are used in the conduct of monetary policy) and from fees they charge depository institutions for providing services (such as processing and clearing checks). The expenses of the System are paid from these earnings. Any net earnings are paid yearly to the United States Treasury. For 2001, the payment was $27.14 billion.

History

The Federal Reserve System began operations in 1914 with the appointment of the Organization Committee by Woodrow Wilson. This committee was composed of Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo, Secretary of Agriculture David Franklin Houston and Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams.

The organization committee was chartered with selecting the locations of between eight and twelve decentralized Federal Reserve Banks. They decided upon twelve cities, and a centralized "Board of Governors" in Washington, DC:

Each of these cities came to be important financial districts due, in large part, to this selection.

Roles and Responsibilities

The main tasks of the Fed are:

Organization of the Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve is comprised of a board of governors. The 7 members of the board are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The members are elected for a term of 14 years (with no re-appointment possible). The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) comprises the 7 members of the board of governors and 5 representatives from the Federal Reserve Banks.

Chairman

Interest rates

The Fed is in charge of setting the federal funds interest rate. This is the rate that banks are forced to charge each other for overnight loans to each other. This in turn influences the Wall Street Journal prime rate which is usually 3 percent higher then the federal funds rate. This prime rate is the relative rate that most banks price their loans at.

The Fed usually lowers or raises its rates by 0.25% or 0.50%. The Economist, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, HSBC used to make predictions about how the rates will change.

Since 2001, The Fed has lowered its interest rates several times to fight recession : lower rates make credit cheaper and so enable more investment, whereas saving brings less money (see monetary policy for more explanation).

In November 2002, rates were cut to 1.75. Rates are below inflation level.

It is said that the Fed doesn't have much ammunition left, since rates are already below inflation and that 1.25 means that there no much room left for further cuts (in theory five times 0.25)

In March 2003, interest rates were at their lowest in 40 years.

On the 23rd of July 2003 a Federal Reserve committee cut the federal funds rate by one-quarter of a percentage point - to 1 percent.

The federal funds rate is also called the overnight rate because it is what banks charge one another for overnight loans. The last time it was lower was in July 1958, when the overnight rate averaged 0.68 percent. The Fed has cut the overnight rate 13 times since the beginning of 2001, when the rate was 6.5 percent.

The Fed and BCE

The Fed, in contrast with the European Central Bank (ECB or BCE), has two goals—keeping growth and fighting inflation—while the BCE has only to fight inflation.

External links

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Federal Reserve."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Fed

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FED

DanishUSA's centralbankFinance

FED

EnglishFormat Element DescriptorN/A

FED

FrenchRéserve fédéraleFinance

FED

PortugueseFundo Europeu de DesenvolvimentoN/A

FED

SpanishPantalla de emisión de campoN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Fed

Synonym: federal official (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Fed

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Greatness

Phrase: a maximis ad minima; " greatness knows itself"; " mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed "; minimum decet libere cui multum licet; " some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them ".

Size

Corpulent, stout, fat, obese, plump, squab, full, lusty, strapping, bouncing; portly, burly, well-fed, full-grown; corn fed, gram fed; stalwart, brawny, fleshy; goodly; in good case, in good condition; in condition; chopping, jolly; chub faced, chubby faced.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Fed

English words defined with "Fed": Acorned, Adapid, Adapid group, ambrosiaBase-burner, Beccafico, beebread, bird cherry, bird cherry tree, boarding school, breast-fed, Bude lightCaspian, Caspian Sea, Chad, Chesapeake Bay, corn-fedDelaware Bay, depreciateEuxanthinFederal Reserve, Federal Reserve System, feed, feed on, feed upon, Fountain lampgorgedHigh-fed, Horse-chestnutintravenouslyLake Chad, loop gain, Lousewortmarsupial, Meated, Miller, milling machine, Mobile BayNew York Bay, NursepondOf yore, Omomyid, Omomyid grouppopulation, pouched mammalquarterRagged school, Reducing valve, royal jellysated, satiate, satiated, stall, stall-fed, surfeitedunbrowsed, unfedvelociraptorWeb press. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Fed": BACON FEDchoke fedfree fed. (references)
Etymologies containing "Fed": Meated. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Fed" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (fat, fatty, greasy), Hungarian (to cover, to do over, to plate), Manx (blast on whistle, swish, toot, zip).

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Modern Usage: Fed

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The Rex just fed, so he won't be hunting for a while (The Lost World: Jurassic Park; writing credit: David Koepp)

I'm fed up saving your ass. I'm amazed you made it past puberty (The Rock; writing credit: Douglas Cook.)

No Tommy, I'm not saying you can't shoot, I know you can't shoot, I'm just sayin' it'd probably do him more damage if you fed it to him. (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

It has to be fed constantly - or it will reach out its magnetic arm and grab at anything within its reach and kill it. It's monstrous, Stewart, monstrous (The Magnetic Monster; writing credit: Curt Siodmak; Ivan Tors)

Someday, you're going to be the president of Idaho, and anyone taller than you will be fed to the wolves (Malcolm in the Middle; writing credit: Daniel Frenette)

Lyrics

I'm so fed up with people telling me to be someone else but me (Overprotected; performing artist: Britney Spears)

Cause if I end up fed, y'all end up dead (Party Up; performing artist: DMX)

Take it how they want, a closed mouth don't get fed, (Anything; performing artist: Jay-Z)

Catfish fried up dirty south fed (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris)

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground the running (All Star; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

Clever

Principles have no real force except when one is well fed. (references; author: Mark Twain)

If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

Fred fed Ted bread, and Ted fed Fred bread. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

A Milk Fed Hero (1918)

The Fable of the Film Fed Family (1917)

How the Hungry Man Was Fed (1911)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Fed

DomainTitle

References

  • First Fed Cap Corpn: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Fed Up! : The Breakthrough Ten-Step, No-Diet Fitness Plan (reference)

  • The Case Against the Fed (reference)

  • The Well Fed Baby: Healthy, Delicious Baby Food Recipes That You Can Make at Home (reference)

  • Unlocking the Secrets of the Fed (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Fed

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

This image depicts adenovirus. Computer graphics are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical weights and measures and the structure of specific elements. A three-dimensional image can be made so one can visualize an otherwise minute structure. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).

Shown is a DNA molecule. Computer graphic images are made by utilizing data fed into a computer. This data may consist of chemical elements and weights to specific colors that depict these weights and measures. Credit: Dr. Richard Feldmann (photographer).

Billy as a cub being fed by Leo O. Colbert. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Billy after growing up being fed by Leo O. Colbert. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Small boats, rigid hull inflatables, were used to support the restoration effort. Divers left the Cunan Law, where they were housed and fed, and were transported to the reef by the tenders. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Hogs being fed in Iowa hoglot. Credit: Lynn Betts.

Bottle fed child at a WIC clinic in VA. Credit: USDA.

Baby being breast fed. Credit: USDA.

Laboratory technician Deborah Lebo isolates E. colibacteria from the stomach contents of cattle fed special diets. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller..

Refugees Being Fed By The U.S. : A mining Co.'s building being used as a store house. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Fed
 

"Fed Ex Tag" by Christie Ortiz
Commentary: "Just what it says it is."
"Water Dragon" by Dennis Bale
Commentary: "A water dragon waiting to be fed."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Fed".

PlayCaption
Sigh; blue; blue funk; bummed out; cast down; crestfallen; crummy; dejected; despondent; destroyed; disconsolate; dispirited; down; downcast; downhearted; dragged; fed up; glum; grim; hurting; in pain; let down; low; low down; low-spirited; lugubrious; me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Fed

AuthorQuotation

Emily Dickinson

Anger as soon as fed is dead; 'Tis starving makes it fat.

George Farquhar

I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.

Joseph Conrad

Every age is fed on illusions, lest man should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

Wisdom and The Chinese

Without the wisdom of the learned; the clown could not be governed; without the labor of the clown; the learned could not be fed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Fed

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

It is unfit to rule because it is incompetent to assure an existence to its slave within his slavery, because it cannot help letting him sink into such a state, that it has to feed him, instead of being fed by him. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Fed

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Since he had lived there the path which fed to the place had become overgrown, and people spoke of it as of the house of a hangman

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Fed up, by God, like gamecocks

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Fifteen feet back from the men the fed cat was sitting, the long gray tail wrapped neatly around the front feet

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

I chiefly fed my eyes with beholding the destroyers of tyrants and usurpers, and the restorers of liberty to oppressed and injured nations

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

The myriads who built the pyramids to be the tombs of the Pharaohs were fed on garlic, and it may be were not decently buried themselves

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Fed

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Cook all meat fed to pigs or other wild animals. (references)

Appropriate nutrients (fats, carbohydrates, and predigested proteins) are fed intravenously for this purpose. (references)

Studies have shown that when rodents with EAE are fed myelin protein antigens, they experience fewer relapses. (references)

Business

Once power has been fed into the grid, the electricity "loses its identity" and becomes a commodity. (references)

The generator will be fed by gas transported by a 1,350 kilometer pipeline from the south of Bolivia. (references)

These incinerators have handling facilities that allow sealed packages of healthcare waste to be fed independently of the municipal waste stream. (references)

Economic History

Morocco

Over 90 percent of the agriculture is rain fed. (references)

Switzerland

NOTE: The above statistics are unofficial estimates compiled with the assistance of BKW, SWISSOLAR, SWISS EOLE, Renewable Energy Div.. of Swiss Fed. (references)

Switzerland

NOTE: Above statistics are based upon information obtained from Novartis, Clariant, (Procurement Div.), Laborscope (trade magazine), ETH/EPFL and from the Swiss Fed. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

They reported an unreliable supply of water and being fed spoiled food on occasion. (references)

South Africa

On January 15, two Mapogo members were charged with murder in connection with the killing of a man whose body allegedly was fed to crocodiles in the Kruger National Park in 2000; the case was ongoing at year's end. (references)

Venezuela

Because reform institutions are filled to capacity, hundreds of children accused of infractions are confined in juvenile detention centers where they are crowded into small, filthy cells, fed only once a day, and forced to sleep on bare concrete floors. (references)

Political Economy

Argentina

This economic decline fed rising political instability, with the first of a series of military coups taking place in 1930. Between the 1930 coup and the end of the last period of military rule in 1983, the country had a series of more than 20 leaders, with mostly weak civilian governments interdispersed with military governments. (references)

Trade

Brazil

Subsequently, all information is fed into Brazil's customs computer system known as the SISCOMEX. (references)

Vietnam

Despite the government's good intention, the SBV is not an independent body like the US FED, and it continues to operate under government guidance. (references)

Worker Rights

Germany

During this time, the women are housed, fed, and provided counseling. (references)

Togo

They were fed poorly, crudely clothed, and inadequately cared for, and were neither educated nor permitted to learn a trade. (references)

Kuwait

The Sri Lankan, Indian, and Philippine Embassies all continue to report the steady occurrence of physical abuse and mistreatment involving domestic servants, including withheld salaries, overwork, and not being fed regularly or enough. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TABLE D':HOTE:, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility. Old Paunchinello, freshly wed, Took Madam P. to table, And there deliriously fed As fast as he was able. "I dote upon good grub," he cried, Intent upon its throatage. "Ah, yes," said the neglected bride, "You're in your table d'hotage." Associated Poets

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Fed

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Rush Limbaugh

The school lunch program is one big fast food operation itself, filled with all kinds of fried and processed foods fed to our poor children.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Fed

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Benjamin Harrison

1889-1893The masses of our people are better fed, clothed, and housed than their fathers were.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Fed

"Fed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 56.61% of the time. "Fed" is used about 1,646 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)56.61%9327,743
Lexical Verb (past tense)34.28%56411,138
Adjective (general or positive)4.92%8136,835
Noun (proper)4.13%6840,606
Noun (common)0.06%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,646N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Fed

CountryName
USA

First Fed Cap Corpn

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Fed

Expressions using "Fed": be fed be fed up be fed up of be fed up with bounty fed Fed Model fed up fed up with get fed up high fed i'm fed up well fed. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "Fed": fed-ex, fed-up.

Ending with "Fed": drip-fed, force-fed, gravity-fed, mains-fed, milk-fed, over-fed, pump-fed, rain-fed, spoon-fed, spring-fed, well-fed.

Containing "Fed": bottle-fed baby, breast-fed baby, tube-fed patient.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fed x

829

fed funds

53

fed

670

fed biz opps

51

ex fed tracking

557

navy fed credit union

49

ex.com fed

385

cal fed bank

45

fed navy

288

classic ex fed jude st

44

fed ex freight

268

fed watch

42

express fed

148

com ex fed

39

fed interest rate

142

wrestling e fed

39

fed rate

128

employment ex fed

36

cal fed

113

exp fed

35

fed funds rate

111

fed up

34

fed rate cut

99

fed ex field

33

ex fed ground

98

fed ex shipping

32

e fed

87

ex fed location

30

fed biz ops

83

when a womans fed up

30

fed meeting

72

fed fund rate

29

fed ex job

67

fed cup

27

fed x.com

60

fed reserve

26

fed tracking x

59

club fed

25

grass fed beef

55

fed government

23
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Fed

Language Translations for "Fed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

më ka ardhur në majë të hundës (be fed up with), i ushqyer mirë (well fed), i shëndetshëm (bonny, fit, flourishing, Hale, healthful, healthy, hearty, lush, lusty, salubrious, sleek, sound, upstanding, viable, well fed, wholesome), i ngopur (fed up, replete, sated, satiated, saturated), i mërzitur (annoyed, blue, bored, creepy, disgruntled, dissatisfied, down-hearted, fed up, gloomily, gloomy, long-spun, moldy, monotone, monotonous, mouldy, pained). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مل (be bored with, be fed up, be sick of, weary), ‏ضجر (be fed up, bore, bored, boredom, dullness, fed up, give up, importune, irk, plumb, tedium, tire, tiredness, weariness, weary). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

угоен (fat, fattened, fatty, high fed, tallowy), разглезен (high fed), охранен (fatty, gross, obese, well fed), омръзва ми (be fed up, be tired, sicken of smth.), закръглен (full, plump, rotund, round, roundabout, roundish, well fed, well-rounded), пълен (absolute, alive, all out, ample, beefy, clear, compendious, complete, corpulent, dead, entire, exhaustive, explicit, fat, fleshy, fraught, full, grand, implicit, intact, integral, integrate, lousy, murky, out and out, outright, overall, overblown, perfect, plenary, portly, profound, pursy, radical, rank, replenished, replete, riddle, right, round, sheer, stark, stout, substantial, teetotal, thoroughgoing, thorough-paced, total, unabbreviated, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, utter, vast, very, well fed, whole, whole-footed, whole-hog), идва ми до гуша (be fed up). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

哺养 (Feeding). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vykrmený (fattened). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kanalen tilfoeres vand fra baekke (the canal is fed by brooks, the canal is fed by streams), CO2 blev maalt med et rotameter, foert via en blandedyse til tre vaskeflasker med glasfritte til maetning med vanddamp (CO2 was measured with a rotameter, fed to a mixing nozzle and saturated with water vapour in three fritted wash bottles). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

parallel gevoed (parallel fed, supplied in parallel), insekten die kunstmatig gevoed zijn met bloed dat een hoge concentratie van het virus bevat (insect artificially fed with blood with high concentrations of the virus), het kanaal wordt door beken gevoed (the canal is fed by brooks, the canal is fed by streams), het CO2 werd gemeten met een rotameter, stroomde door een mengkamer en werd in drie van fritfilters voorziene wasflessen met waterdamp verzadigd (CO2 was measured with a rotameter, fed to a mixing nozzle and saturated with water vapour in three fritted wash bottles). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tympääntyä (be fed up), sekoitussuutin (CO2 was measured with a rotameter, fed to a mixing nozzle and saturated with water vapour in three fritted wash bottles), rotametri (CO2 was measured with a rotameter, fed to a mixing nozzle and saturated with water vapour in three fritted wash bottles), pitkästyä (be fed up, get bored, grow tired), olen lopen kyllästynyt johonkin (I am fed up with, I am sick to death of), hyvässä lihassa (well fed). (various references)

   

French

  

alimentées, alimentée, alimentâmes, alimentèrent. (various references)

   

German

  

gefüttert (fled), abgefütterte. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καλοαναθρεμμένοσ (well bred, well fed), βαριέμαι (bore, feed up, I am bored, I am fed up with, I am sick of), παράλληλη τροφοδότηση (parallel fed, supplied in parallel), η διώρυγα τροφοδοτείται από ρυάκια (the canal is fed by brooks, the canal is fed by streams), το διοξείδιο του άνθρακα μετρήθηκε με ένα ροόμετρο,τροφοδοτήθηκε σε ένα ακροφύσιο ανάμειξης και κορέσθηκε με υδρατμούς σε τρεις πλυντη ρί (CO2 was measured with a rotameter, fed to a mixing nozzle and saturated with water vapour in three fritted wash bottles), θηλασμός (breast feeding, breast-fed infant, lactation, milk secretion, nursing, suckling, suction). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להאבס (be fed, be stalled), נמאס לו (fed up). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

takarmányoz (fodder, forage, to feed, to fodder, to forage), tölt (fill, load, pour, spend, to charge, to feed, to fill, to line, to pass, to recharge), tápot ad (Foster, to feed, to foster), táplálkozik (feed, to feed, to victual, to vittle), szövetségi hivatalnok, szövetségi ügynök, megetetett, etet (feed, nourish, to bait, to feed, to fodder, to prime, to victual), eszik (eat, feed, to break bread, to chow, to fare, to feed, to scarf, to stomach, to victual, to vittle), élelmez (cater, to board, to cater, to feed, to victual). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pegal (annoyed, fed up, painful, stiff, weariness, weary), muak (disgust, fed up, loathsome), mengesalkan (annoy, annoying, make someone fed up, peeve), kesal (annoyed, cross, dejected, fed up, peevish, piqued), kekesalan (annoyance, being fed up, tantrum, vexation). (various references)

   

Italian

  

federale (federal). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

食傷 (be fed up), 飽食暖衣 (being well fed and well clad), うわの空 (absent-mindedness, being fed up with, boring, dirty, er...., inattention, let me see, nasty, rat-tailed anchovy, ray, stringray, tedious, uh huh, vulgar, well, yeah, yes), もう懲り懲りだ (I am fed up with it!). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しょくしょう (be fed up, function, office, official duties), うんざり (being fed up with, boring, tedious), ほうしょくだに (being well fed and well clad). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

먹이를 주는. (various references)

   

Manx

  

foddyrit (foddered), faasit, beeit (fatted, foddered, plump), beaghit (maintained). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

lei (fed up). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

edfay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

suvencionado pelo governo (bounty fed), alimentado em paralelo (parallel fed, supplied in parallel). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trecut şi participiu trecut de la feed. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

кормить (feed, nourish, nurse). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

proš. vreme i particip od feed. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pret y pp de feed. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fodrade, fbi-agent. (various references)

   

Thai

  

เจ้าหน้าที่ส่วนกลาง, กริยาช่องที่ 2 และ 3 ของ feed. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

federe devlet (federation), federasyon (federation), federal ajan (G-man). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

peteс etmek (be tired, fed up with), iяmitlenmek (be fed). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

відгодований (well fed). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sôi nổi (ardent, ardently, bean, bean-fed, effervescent, feverish, fiery, hectic, hot-blooded, hot-spririted, keen, mettled, mettlesome, passionate, rousing, vehement). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Fed

LanguageDateSourceGenesis Chapter 30, Verse 36
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai apesthsen odon triwn hmerwn ana meson autwn kai ana meson iakwb iakwb de epoimainen ta probata laban ta upoleifqenta
Latin405VulgateEt posuit spatium itineris inter se et generum dierum trium qui pascebat reliquos greges eius
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd sett thre dayes ourney ibetwixte hiselfe and Iacob. And so Iacob kepte ye rest of Labas shepe.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he set three days' journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Fed

LanguageGenesis Chapter 30, Verse 36
CebuanoUg mipanaw siya sa totolo ka adlaw nga paglakaw sa taliwala niya ug ni Jacob: ug si Jacob nagpasibsib sa nahibilin nga mga panon sa carnero ni Laban.
Chinese又 使 自 己 和 雅 各 相 離 三 天 的 路 程 . 雅 各 就 牧 養 拉 班 其 餘 的 羊 。
CroatianI odande gdje je Jakov pasao ostatak Labanova stada udalji se za koja tri dana hoda.
Danishog han lod der være tre Dagsrejser mellem dem og Jakob; og Jakob vogtede Resten af Labans Hjord.
DutchEn hij stelde een weg van drie dagen tussen hem, en tussen Jakob; en Jakob weidde de overige kudde van Laban.
FinnishJa hän asetti niin, että oli kolmen päivän välimatka hänen ja Jaakobin välillä; ja Jaakob paimensi Laabanin muuta karjaa.
FrenchPuis il mit l`espace de trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob; et Jacob fit paître le reste du troupeau de Laban.
Germanund machte Raum drei Tagereisen weit zwischen sich und Jakob. Also weidete Jakob die übrigen Herden Labans.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-harilalu pergilah mereka dengan binatang-binatang itu menjauhi Yakub, jaraknya tiga hari perjalanan. Sisa dari kawanan kambing domba milik Laban dipelihara oleh Yakub.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka dijauhkan Laban sekalian itupun tiga hari perjalanan jaraknya dengan tempat Yakub, maka Yakubpun menggembalakan segala kawan domba Laban yang lain itu.
Italiane stabilì una distanza di tre giorni di cammino tra sé e Giacobbe, mentre Giacobbe pascolava l'altro bestiame di Làbano.
MaoriNa ka whakatakiwatia e ia he takiwa i waenganui i a ia, i a Hakopa, kia toru nga ra e haerea ai; a ka whangai a Hakopa i nga hipi a Rapana i mahue iho.
Norwegianog han la tre dagsreiser mellem sig og Jakob. Og Jakob gjætte resten av Labans småfe.
RumanianApoi a pus o depqrtare de trei zile de drum kntre el wi Iacov; wi Iacov pqwtea celelalte oi ale lui Laban.
SwedishOch han lät ett avstånd av tre dagsresor vara mellan sig och Jakob. Och Jakob fick Labans övriga hjord att vakta.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Fed

Derivations

Words beginning with "Fed": fedayee, fedayeen, federacies, federacy, federal, federalese, federaleses, federalism, federalisms, federalist, federalists, federalization, federalizations, federalize, federalized, federalizes, federalizing, federally, federals, federate, federated, federates, federating, federation, federations, federative, federatively, fedora, fedoras, feds. (additional references)

Words ending with "Fed": airproofed, baffed, barfed, bedwarfed, beefed, begulfed, biffed, bluffed, bodysurfed, boffed, briefed, buffed, chafed, chaffed, cheffed, childproofed, chuffed, coifed, coiffed, cornfed, crossruffed, cuffed, daffed, debriefed, doffed, dwarfed, enfeoffed, engulfed, enserfed, feoffed, fifed, fireproofed, flameproofed, fluffed, gaffed, golfed, goofed, gruffed, gulfed, handcuffed, hoofed, huffed, infeoffed, ingulfed, jackknifed, kerchiefed, kerfed, knifed, leafed, loafed, luffed. (additional references)

Words containing "Fed": antifederalist, antifederalists, confederacies, confederacy, confederal, confederate, confederated, confederates, confederating, confederation, confederations, confederative, nifedipine, nifedipines, nonfederal, nonfederated, wifedom, wifedoms. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Fed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ef, efad, efed, efx, Fadd, Fadh, fahd, fd, Fde, fe, fead, fec, Fedco, fedd, fede, Fedi, Fedka, fedo, fedu, fedx, feedy, fef, feid, feld, fes, fev, fewd, fex, fezd, Fidc, Fidh, fidi, fidj, fido, fidw, fod, foed, Fpda, frd, fsd, ftd, fudd, fued, ifed, xed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Fed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "Fed" (pronounced fe"d)
3f e" doverfed.
2-e" dabed, ahead, bed, behead, bled, bread, bred, dead, lead, led, dread, Ed, embed, fled, Ged, head, imbed, infrared, instead, interbred, Med, misled, overhead, pled, purebred, read, red, Redd, retread, said, shed, shred, sled, sped, spread, stead, Ted, thoroughbred, thread, tread, unread, unsaid, unwed, Wed, widespread, zed.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Fed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-f"

-1 letter: de, ed, ef.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-f"
 

+1 letter: deaf, defi, deft, defy, delf, fade, feds, feed, fend, feod, feud, fled.

 

+2 letters: decaf, defat, defer, defis, defog, deify, delfs, delft, edify, faced, faded, fader, fades, fadge, faked, famed, fared, fated, faxed, fayed, fazed, feeds, felid, fends, feods, feted, fetid, feuds, feued, fidge, field, fiend, fifed, filed, fined, fired, fixed, fjeld, flied, flued, foxed, freed, fremd, fried, fudge, fumed, fused, fuzed, offed, refed, unfed, wifed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Spoken
14. Quotations: Speeches
15. Usage Frequency
16. Names: Company Usage
17. Expressions
18. Expressions: Internet
19. Translations: Modern
20. Bible Trace
21. Abbreviations
22. Acronyms
23. Derivations
24. Rhymes
25. Anagrams
26. Bibliography


  

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