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Fed
(fĕd)n. Informal
1. The Federal Reserve.
2. often fed A federal agent or official.
fed
(fĕd)v.
Past tense and past participle of feed.
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fed
(fɛd)vb
1. the past tense and past participle of feed
2. fed to death fed to the teeth fed up to the teeth fed to the back teeth fed up to the back teeth informal bored or annoyed
fed
(fɛd)n
(Law) slang US an agent of the FBI
Fed
(fɛd)n
(Banking & Finance) the Fed informal US the Federal Reserve Bank or Federal Reserve Board
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fed1
(fɛd)v.
pt. and pp. of feed.
Idioms: fed up, impatient.
fed2
(fɛd)n.
(often cap.) Informal. a federal official or law-enforcement officer.
[1915–20; by shortening]
Fed
(fɛd)n. the Fed, Informal.
1. the Federal Reserve System.
2. the Federal Reserve Board.
Fed.
Federal.
fed.
1. federal.
2. federated.
3. federation.
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| Noun | 1. |  Fed - any federal law-enforcement officerfederal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau |
| 2. |  Fed - the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered 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"central bank - a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank - one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region national bank - a commercial bank chartered by the federal government member bank - a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System |
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Translations
Fed
[fed]A. N ABBR
1. (US) =federal officer → federal mf
2. (US) (Banking) =Federal Reserve Board
B. ABBR (esp US) =federal, federated, federation
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fed
2n (US inf) → FBI-Agent(in) m(f)
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feed
(fiːd) – past tense, past participle fed (fed) – verb1. to give food to. He fed the child with a spoon.
2. (with on) to eat. Cows feed on grass.
noun food especially for a baby or animals. Have you given the baby his feed?; cattle feed.
fed up tired; bored and annoyed. I'm fed up with all this work!
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fed
a. pp. de to feed;
to be ___ up → estar harto-a, pop. estar hasta la coronilla.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
fed
pret & pp de feedEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.