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fed¹

  • /ˈfɛd/ UK
  • [ˈfɛd] ~ [ˈfe̞d] UK
  • /ˈfɛd/ British, US, Southern
  • [ˈfɛd] British, US, Southern
  • /ˈfed/ Australia
  • [ˈfed] ~ [ˈfe̞d] Australia
  • /ˈfed/ New Zealand
  • [ˈfe̝d] ~ [ˈfɪd] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

Clipping of federal.

noun feds

  1. derogatory, slang A federal government officer or official. That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!
  2. Multicultural London English, slang A police officer. Jasmine York led chants of ‘f*** the f***ing feds’ as a crowd marched on Bristol’s Bridewell police station.

    Similar: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler, blue meanie, bobby, body snatcher, bogey

  3. in plural The federal government of the nation one resides in. Salmon were becoming scarce in the river until the feds stepped in.

fed²

  • /ˈfɛd/ UK
  • [ˈfɛd] ~ [ˈfe̞d] UK
  • /ˈfɛd/ British, US, Southern
  • [ˈfɛd] British, US, Southern
  • /ˈfed/ Australia
  • [ˈfed] ~ [ˈfe̞d] Australia
  • /ˈfed/ New Zealand
  • [ˈfe̝d] ~ [ˈfɪd] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

From federation.

noun feds

  1. slang A federation in which powerlifters organize to compete.
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of federation

verb feds · fedding · fedded

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of federate

fed³

  • /ˈfɛd/ UK
  • [ˈfɛd] ~ [ˈfe̞d] UK
  • /ˈfɛd/ British, US, Southern
  • [ˈfɛd] British, US, Southern
  • /ˈfed/ Australia
  • [ˈfed] ~ [ˈfe̞d] Australia
  • /ˈfed/ New Zealand
  • [ˈfe̝d] ~ [ˈfɪd] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛd

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of feed

FED⁴

proper noun

  1. US, nonstandard Federal Reserve System. Alternative spelling of Fed. So, the FED Chairman chose to reassure all concerns, promising "a lasting expansion in economic activity while continuing progress against inflation.

noun FEDs · F.E.D. · F. E. D.

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of flight-time equivalent dose
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of field emission display

Fed⁵

Rhymes with -ɛd

proper noun the Fed

  1. US, abbreviation, clipping Clipping of Federal Reserve (The Federal Reserve Board or System) So what’s the Fed to do? It must manage interest rates without a working monetary policy compass.
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of World Wrestling Federation; also used for the company under its current name of World Wrestling Entertainment. A 1994 agreement between the two WWFs allowed the Fed limited rights to the WWF tag, but they had long since stopped complying with the agreement, arguing it hindered the Fed's ability to conduct business.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: federal official, federal, federal reserve, incorporated, funded, federation, endowed, populated, transmitted, receiving, lodging, maintained, integrated, reserve, fbi, cef

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@misc{fed_2026,
  title = {fed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}