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fed1 fed2 noun fedfed1 /fed/ - A compact disk player, rare for its day, fed Chopin and the Rolling Stones into fierce-looking, six-foot MartinLogan speakers.
- Fresh fuel is either fed directly into the firing chamber or through openings in the side of the kiln.
- He fed the crystal into a reader and watched with interest as the file scrolled up.
- It turned out she was just as fed up as me, and we were not the only ones.
- The Fed delivered a Goldilocks economy -- not too hot, not too cold -- and stocks and bonds soared.
- The Fed recently lowered the funds rate to 5. 50 % from 5. 75 %.
- This raises doubts about some of the signposts the Fed used to rely on.
bored► bored tired and annoyed, either because you are doing something that you are not interested in, or because you have nothing to do: · Dad, can we go home now? I'm bored!· The game isn't great, but it might provide some amusement for bored teenagers.get bored: · She seems to get bored very easily.bored with: · Kelly gets a new job, and two weeks later he's bored with it.bored with doing something: · Julia soon got bored with lying on the beach.bored to tears/bored to death/bored stiff (=extremely bored) informal: · There's nothing to do here - I'm bored stiff! ► fed up especially spoken bored and annoyed with something that has continued for too long: · Her husband's out working all the time, and she's really fed up.fed up with: · I'm fed up with health food - I'm going to have a hamburger.fed up with doing something: · We were all fed up with listening to her complaints the whole time.get fed up: · When you have to stay in and study every night you just get fed up with it. ► be tired of/be sick of spoken to feel very annoyed and bored with a situation that has continued for too long, or with a person who has done something for too long: · We're always arguing, and I'm just tired of it.· I'm really sick of him - he's always criticizing me.be tired/sick of doing something: · People are tired of hearing politicians make promises that they never keep.· Do it yourself - I'm sick of cleaning up after you!get tired/sick of (doing) something: · I get tired of eating the same food day after day.be sick and tired of (doing) something: · I'm sick and tired of your whining. ► have had enough spoken to be so bored with something that has continued for a long time that you decide to leave, do something different, or change the situation: · After 10 years of teaching, Allan has had enough.have had enough of (doing) something: · By January I'd had enough of shoveling snow and decided to take a trip to Mexico. ► somebody's eyes glaze over if someone's eyes glaze over , they look as if they are going to fall asleep, because they are very bored, especially by what someone is telling them: · I could see her eyes were glazing over, so I quickly suggested a break.· When you start talking about important political issues, most people's eyes glaze over. ► got fed up Anna got fed up with waiting. the past tense and past participle of feed1 → fed upfed1 fed2 noun fedfed2 noun [countable] American English informal fed2Origin: 1900-2000 federal ► Crime & Lawalarmed, adjectiveallegation, nounamnesty, nounbail, nounbreath test, nouncharge sheet, nouncircumstantial, adjectivecompensation, nouncompensatory, adjectivecomplicity, nouncondemned, adjectivecondemned cell, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconman, nouncontraband, nouncuff, verbdebug, verbdetain, verbdick, nounenforce, verbfed, nounFederal Bureau of Investigation, nounflogging, nounforensic, adjectivegallows, noungaolbird, noungas chamber, noungibbet, nounguillotine, nounhang, verbhanging, nounhard labour, nounimpeach, verbKC, nounlaunder, verblawsuit, nounleg irons, nounlicensed, adjectivelicensing laws, nounlife, nounlife sentence, nounline-up, nounlynch, verblynch mob, nounpenalty point, nounpenology, nounpolygraph, nounposse, nounprisoner, nounracket, nounracketeer, nounracketeering, nounrake-off, nounransom, nounransom, verbreport, verbreprieve, nounriot, nounshop, verbsilk, nounspeed trap, nounstalker, nounstrip search, nountransport, verbtransportation, nountribunal, nounundercover, adjectivevictim, nounwrongdoing, noun ► got fed up Anna got fed up with waiting. a police officer in the FBI |