fed

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

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛd
• IPA^(key): /fɛd/

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (US, derogatory, slang) A federal government officer or official, especially a FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, or DEA agent.

   That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!

2. (London, Toronto, especially MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer.
   • 2022, 15 March, Kill the Bill protester who led ‘f*** the feds’ chant jailed over police car torching (in Metro newspaper)

     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.

Synonyms

• (police officer): see Thesaurus:police officer

Etymology 2

Clipping of federation.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

1. (weightlifting, colloquial) A “federation” in which powerlifters organize to compete.

Etymology 3

Verb

fed

1. simple past tense and past participle of feed

Derived terms

• fed up

Anagrams

• DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def

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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
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

• fede (verb)
• fedme c
• fedt n

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

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Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of federatie.

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föd (dialectal)

Etymology

According to different sources:

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fed

1. (transitive) to cover

   Synonyms: borít, lep, takar

Conjugation

conjugation of fed

			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 mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fedek	fedsz	fed	fedünk	fedtek	fednek
		Def.	fedem	feded	fedi	fedjük	feditek	fedik
		2nd-p. o.	fedlek	―
	Past	Indef.	fedtem	fedtél	fedett	fedtünk	fedtetek	fedtek
		Def.	fedtem	fedted	fedte	fedtük	fedtétek	fedték
		2nd-p. o.	fedtelek	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fednék	fednél	fedne	fednénk	fednétek	fednének
		Def.	fedném	fednéd	fedné	fednénk (or fednők)	fednétek	fednék
		2nd-p. o.	fednélek	―
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fedjek	fedj or fedjél	fedjen	fedjünk	fedjetek	fedjenek
		Def.	fedjem	fedd or fedjed	fedje	fedjük	fedjétek	fedjék
		2nd-p. o.	fedjelek	―
Infinitive	fedni		fednem	fedned	fednie	fednünk	fednetek	fedniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
			fedés	fedő	fedett	fedendő	fedve	fedhet

Derived terms

• fedés
• fedetlen
• fedez
• fedezet

 

(With verbal prefixes):

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

Expressions

• nem fedi a valóságot

 

See also

• fedd (“to chide, reprimand, scold”)

 

Further reading

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

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Middle English

Noun

fed

1. Alternative form of fede

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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”)