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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

Past tense of "feed" or referring to the Federal Reserve System

e.g. The farmer fed the chickens every morning.

(verb)

broadly, provided a thing with something needed for it to grow or become stronger, for example gave a plant fertilizer or gave a fire fuel;

e.g. She fed and watered her plant every day. They fed the fire with sticks throughout the evening.

(verb)

broadly, moved through or into something, for example flowed into a water body or passed through a small space, or caused something to do this;

e.g. The river fed into the sea just outside the city. The wires fed through a hole in the wall.

(noun)

an official or agent who works for the federal government (often used as "Fed");

e.g. He used to be a Fed, but he has been retired for many years.

(verb)

broadly, provided something with what it needs to keep functioning, for example put more coins into a meter to extend the time of its expiration, or supplied someone with ideas or information;

e.g. He fed the parking meter so that he could keep his car there for longer. She fed a line to the actor who had forgotten what to say.

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Similar Words

Ate

Furnished

G-man

Given

Handed

Narc

Plainclothesman

Provided

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Opposite Words

Reserved

Saved

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Related Words

Detective

Dick

Distributed

Gumshoe

Investigator

Operative

Prorated

Raised

Sleuth

Sustained

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