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as in Federal

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verb

past tense of feed
1
as in boarded
to provide food or meals for a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry

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2
as in provided
to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article

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3
as in ate
to take a meal an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively

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Recent Examples of fed
Verb
Recycled cement waste can be fed into the plasma process as a raw material, and potentially cut both waste and carbon emissions. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026 It is fed by California’s cap-and-invest program, which allows large polluters to buy and sell allowances for their greenhouse gas emissions. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Although the Sacramento Valley grapples with its own groundwater challenges, growers in the Yuba-Sutter area tend to have greater access to water due to nearby rivers fed annually by rain and snowmelt. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Cattle that might have come to the US and fattened on American corn to be turned into steaks are now fed, slaughtered and packed entirely in Mexico – then sent to the US as boxed beef. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026 Over the course of about a half hour on stage, Shonen Knife fed their Ramones like punk sensibility through a Beach Boys lens, producing a unique brand of jangly, melodic, hooky punk rock complete with gorgeous live harmonies. — Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Salah features in a rather sweet video in which he is welcomed into the home of a grandma named Khadija Akbash, fed local delicacies, and welcomed into the family. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 To make the science as simple as possible, a 2018 study found that rats that were fed TPO became infertile among a slew of other health issues. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 21 Aug. 2026 Children leave in the morning to play and return at night, somehow fed along the way. — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed
  1. tracker
  2. boarded
  3. provided
  4. ate
  5. narc
  6. catered
  7. supplied
  8. dined
Noun
  • Storm tracker Doyle Rice and Dinah Voyles Pulver are national correspondents for USA TODAY, with a focus on weather and climate.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But in Idaho — and Wyoming and West Virginia — Trump garnered a positive approval rating, according to August projections by the Economist, based on its tracker of YouGov polling over time.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tracker
Verb
  • As the plane boarded, Steve Buckingham happened to come through the hatch.
    — Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Six days later, 25-year-old Los Angeles resident Naomi Greer-Wilkinson boarded X2 during a day at the park with her twin brother and younger sister.
    — Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarded
Verb
  • That came in $39 million above the company guidance provided in May.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These images suggest that perhaps even Mars’ dry period provided habitats for life.
    — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of provided
Verb
  • On one day in late December, Eden barely ate all day.
    — Angela Andaloro, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • While neither is an effective big league pitcher at this point, those moves ate into the Yankees’ limited rotation depth.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2025
Definition of ate
Noun
  • But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The team's 33-15 loss gave it a 2-11 record, which is the worst nark in the NFC.
    — Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Definition of narc
Verb
  • William Gottlieb’s suit also notes that Urban Zen hosts catered gatherings that generate food garbage, therefore creating fodder for the rats.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 25 Aug. 2026
  • On June 27, the caller was holding a baby shower that was catered when a suspect stole a Louis Vuitton purse, which was valued at approximately $2,500, from the caller’s bedroom.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of catered
Verb
  • Turkey is known to have supplied Sudan’s military with TB2 drones after the country’s current civil war began in April 2023.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The recall is connected to an ongoing multistate salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeños supplied by Coast Citrus Distributors.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of supplied
Verb
  • The new couple—who have been linked since they were photographed together at Coachella—dined around the city, showing off their coordinating couple style.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Throngs of guests dined, shopped and meandered through the upscale mall over the weekend, bringing life to the shuttered complex that sat vacant for 19 months due to the devastating Palisades fire.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of dined

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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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