fed

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛd/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (slang, derogatory) A federal government officer or official.

   That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!

   • 2020 July 12, PNW Youth Liberation Front, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 July 2020:

     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, Robert Evans, Twitter‎^[2], archived from the original on 16 May 2023:

     Hi. I should have made this clearer earlier. I will now. I have worked with feds. I have worked with foreign special forces who may well have been trained by the guys shooting at you from the courthouse.
     These are not cops. They are not even similar.

2. (MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer

   • 2022 March 15, “Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching”, in Metro‎^[3]:

     Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.

3. (Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government.

   Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

Derived terms

• fedpost

Etymology 2

From federation.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (weightlifting, slang) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
2. Clipping of federation.

Derived terms

• e-fed

Verb

fed (third-person singular simple present feds, present participle fedding, simple past and past participle fedded)

1. Clipping of federate.

Related terms

• defed

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fed

1. simple past and past participle of feed

Derived terms

• belt-fed
• bloodfed
• cornfed
• fedpost
• fed up
• fullfed
• handfed
• malfed
• milkfed
• nonfed
• rainfed
• sheetfed
• snow-fed
• underfed
• unfed

Anagrams

• DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˀð], [feðˀ]

Adjective

fed

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

   at ryge en fed

   to smoke a joint (a "fat one")

Inflection

Inflection of fed

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	fed	federe	fedest2
indefinite 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

• blegfed
• bollefed
• fede (verb)
• fedladen
• fedme c
• fedt n
• flommefed
• fuldfed
• halvfed
• hammerfed
• herrefed
• kodylfed
• kornfed
• laskefed
• megafed
• overfed
• skidefed
• smækfed
• smældfed
• småfed
• tromlefed
• tyndfed
• ufed

Etymology 2

From Old Norse fit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feð]

Noun

fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed)

1. skein
2. clove

Inflection

Declension of fed

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fed	feddet	fed	feddene
genitive	feds	feddets	feds	feddenes

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feːˀð], [feðˀ]

Verb

fed

1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föd (dialectal)

Etymology

Uncertain. According to different sources:

• From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pentɜ- (“to shut, cover”).
• From Proto-Finno-Ugric *pintä- (“to close, cover”). Likely cognate with Finnish pinne and Udmurt поди (poďi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛd]
• Hyphenation: fed
• Rhymes: -ɛd

Verb

fed

1. (transitive) to cover

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fed

Conjugation

Conjugation of fed

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	fedek	fedsz	fed	fedünk	fedtek	fednek
			def.	fedem	feded	fedi	fedjük	feditek	fedik
			2nd obj	fedlek
		past	indef.	fedtem	fedtél	fedett	fedtünk	fedtetek	fedtek
			def.	fedtem	fedted	fedte	fedtük	fedtétek	fedték
			2nd obj	fedtelek
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fedni fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	fedék	fedél	fede	fedénk	fedétek	fedének
		def.	fedém	fedéd	fedé	fedénk	fedétek	fedék
		2nd obj	fedélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fed vala, fedett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	fedendek	fedendesz	fedend	fedendünk	fedendetek	fedendenek
	def.	fedendem	fedended	fedendi	fedendjük	fedenditek	fedendik
	2nd obj	fedendelek
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	fednék	fednél	fedne	fednénk	fednétek	fednének
		def.	fedném	fednéd	fedné	fednénk (or fednők)	fednétek	fednék
		2nd obj	fednélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fedett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	fedjek	fedj or fedjél	fedjen	fedjünk	fedjetek	fedjenek
			def.	fedjem	fedd or fedjed	fedje	fedjük	fedjétek	fedjék
			2nd obj	fedjelek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fedett légyen
infinitive	fedni		fednem	fedned	fednie	fednünk	fednetek	fedniük
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	fedés		fedő	fedett	fedendő	fedve (fedvén)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of fed

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	fedhetek	fedhetsz	fedhet	fedhetünk	fedhettek	fedhetnek
			def.	fedhetem	fedheted	fedheti	fedhetjük	fedhetitek	fedhetik
			2nd obj	fedhetlek
		past	indef.	fedhettem	fedhettél	fedhetett	fedhettünk	fedhettetek	fedhettek
			def.	fedhettem	fedhetted	fedhette	fedhettük	fedhettétek	fedhették
			2nd obj	fedhettelek
archaic preterite		indef.	fedheték	fedhetél	fedhete	fedheténk	fedhetétek	fedhetének
		def.	fedhetém	fedhetéd	fedheté	fedheténk	fedhetétek	fedheték
		2nd obj	fedhetélek
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fedhet vala, fedhetett vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	fedhetendek or fedandhatok	fedhetendesz or fedandhatsz	fedhetend or fedandhat	fedhetendünk or fedandhatunk	fedhetendetek or fedandhattok	fedhetendenek or fedandhatnak
	def.	fedhetendem or fedandhatom	fedhetended or fedandhatod	fedhetendi or fedandhatja	fedhetendjük or fedandhatjuk	fedhetenditek or fedandhatjátok	fedhetendik or fedandhatják
	2nd obj	fedhetendelek or fedandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	fedhetnék	fedhetnél	fedhetne	fedhetnénk	fedhetnétek	fedhetnének
		def.	fedhetném	fedhetnéd	fedhetné	fedhetnénk (or fedhetnők)	fedhetnétek	fedhetnék
		2nd obj	fedhetnélek
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fedhetett volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	fedhessek	fedhess or fedhessél	fedhessen	fedhessünk	fedhessetek	fedhessenek
			def.	fedhessem	fedhesd or fedhessed	fedhesse	fedhessük	fedhessétek	fedhessék
			2nd obj	fedhesselek
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fedhetett légyen
infinitive	(fedhetni)		(fedhetnem)	(fedhetned)	(fedhetnie)	(fedhetnünk)	(fedhetnetek)	(fedhetniük)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	fedhető			fedhetetlen		(fedhetve / fedhetvén)

Derived terms

• fedetlen
• fedez
• fedezet
• fedés
• nem fedi a valóságot

(With verbal prefixes):

• átfed
• befed
• elfed
• felfed
• fölfed
• lefed

See also

• fedd (“to chide, reprimand, scold”)

Further reading

• fed in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

Noun

fed

1. Alternative form of fede

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (nominative plural feds)

1. federation

Declension

Declension of fed

	singular	plural
nominative	fed	feds
genitive	feda	fedas
dative	fede	fedes
accusative	fedi	fedis
vocative 1	o fed!	o feds!
predicative 2	fedu	fedus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• fedalän (“federal state, Bundesstaat”)