fed

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛd/ Rhymes: -ɛd === Etymology 1 === Clipping of federal. ==== Noun ==== fed (plural feds) (slang, derogatory) A federal government officer or official. (MLE, MTE, slang) A police officer. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer (Canada, in the plural) The Canadian federal government. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From federation. ==== Noun ==== fed (plural feds) (weightlifting, slang) A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete. Clipping of federation. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== fed (third-person singular simple present feds, present participle fedding, simple past and past participle fedded) Clipping of federate. ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fed simple past and past participle of feed ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === DEF, Def., DfE, FDE, def == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish fet, from Old Norse feitr (“fat”), from Proto-Germanic *faitaz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [feˀð], [feðˀ] ==== Adjective ==== fed (neuter fedt, plural and definite singular attributive fede) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one's body), obese fatty, rich great, smashing, cool (of a typeface) bold (nominally, slang) joint at ryge en fed to smoke a joint (a "fat one") ===== Inflection ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse fit. Compare German Fitze and Greek πεζός (pezós). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [feð] ==== Noun ==== fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed) skein clove Synonym: hvidløgsfed ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 3 === A nominalization of the adjective. === Noun === fed c or n (slang) a joint (slang) marijuana, hashish === Etymology 4 === From Old Danish fith, from Old Norse fit. === Noun === fed n (singular definite feddet, plural indefinite fed) low isthmus; narrow headland === Declension === === Etymology 5 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [feːˀð], [feðˀ] ==== Verb ==== fed imperative of fede == Dutch == === Noun === fed f (uncountable, no diminutive) 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 (transitive) to cover Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fed ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (With verbal prefixes): === See also === fedd (“to chide, reprimand, scold”) === References === === 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 alternative form of fede == Volapük == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fed/ === Noun === fed (genitive feda, plural feds) federation ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== fedalän (“federal state, Bundesstaat”)