different between fed vs infeed

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d
• IPA^(key): /f?d/

Etymology 1

Clipping of federal.

Noun

fed (plural feds)

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

   That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!

2. (London, especially MLE, slang) a police officer.

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

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe?ð], [feð?]

Adjective

fed

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

   at ryge en fed

   to smoke a joint (a "fat one")

Inflection

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe??ð], [feð?]

Verb

fed

1. imperative of fede

Dutch

Noun

fed f (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of federatie.

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• föd (dialectal)

Etymology

Based on different sources:

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?d]
• Hyphenation: fed
• Rhymes: -?d

Verb

fed

1. (transitive) to cover

Conjugation

Derived terms

• fedés
• fedetlen
• fedez
• fedezet

(With verbal prefixes):

(Expressions):

• nem fedi a valóságot

See also

• fedd

References

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fed/

Noun

fed (nominative plural feds)

1. federation

Declension

Derived terms

• fedalän (“federal state, Bundesstaat”)

English

Etymology

in- +? feed

Noun

infeed (uncountable)

1. The material fed into a machine to be processed.

Anagrams

• define, feed-in, feedin'