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1. Any federal law-enforcement officer
   - Federal, federal official
    
2. The central bank of the United States; incorporates 12 Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and state-chartered commercial banks and some trust companies
   "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply"
   - Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, FRS

1. Provide as food
   "Feed the guests the nuts"
    
2. Give food to
   "Feed the starving children in India"
   - give
    
3. Feed into; supply
   "Her success feeds her vanity"
    
4. Introduce continuously
   "feed carrots into a food processor"
   - feed in
    
5. Support or promote
   "His admiration fed her vanity"
    
6. Take in food; used of animals only
   - eat
    
7. Serve as food for; be the food for
   "This dish feeds six"
    
8. Move along, of liquids
   "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
   - run, flow, course
    
9. Profit from in an exploitatory manner
   "He feeds on her insecurity"
   - prey
    
10. Gratify
    "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
    - feast
     
11. Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
    - fertilize, fertilise [Brit]

Derived forms: Feds

See also: feeder, feeding

Type of: advance, agent, boost, cater, central bank, consume, enclose, encourage, enrich, exploit, federal agent, furnish, further, have, inclose, ingest, insert, introduce, move, ply, promote, provide, put in, regale, render, stick in, supply, take, take in, treat, work

Antonym: starve

Encyclopedia: Fed