noun🔗ShareA federal government officer or official, especially FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, and DEA agents."That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!"governmentpolicejobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA police officer."The fed questioned the suspect about the bank robbery. "policepersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA “federation” in which powerlifters organize to compete."To compete nationally, Sarah joined a powerlifting fed recognized by the country's athletic association. "organizationsportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(ditransitive) To give (someone or something) food to eat."Feed the dog every evening."foodactionanimalorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo eat (usually of animals)."Spiders feed on gnats and flies."animalfoodbiologyagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food."Feed the fish to the dolphins."foodanimalhumanagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give to a machine to be processed."Feed the paper gently into the document shredder."machinetechnologyprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.)."The delicious cake completely fed my sweet tooth. "sensationmindfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo supply with something."Springs feed ponds with water."foodanimalagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle."If grain is too forward in autumn, feed it with sheep."animalagriculturefoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo pass to."She fed the information to her assistant so he could finish the report. "actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a phonological rule) To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply; to be applied before another rule."Nasalization feeds raising."linguisticsphoneticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(of a syntactic rule) To create the syntactic environment in which another syntactic rule is applied; to be applied before another syntactic rule."The rule deleting vowels in unstressed syllables fed the rule that combined the remaining consonants into a cluster. "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading