Antonyms for fed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fed
Phonetic Transcription : fɛd


Definition of fed

Origin :
  • past participle adjective from feed (v.). Fed up "surfeited, disgusted, bored," is British slang first recorded 1900, extended to U.S. by World War I; probably from earlier phrases like fed up to the back teeth.
  • verb give nourishment; augment
Example sentences :
  • Since they came to this colony they had been fed and clothed, and no one would take any money.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Pools of water, rock bottom; in fact, rock reservoirs, and fed by springs.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • That love acknowledged, fed, and gratified, when are its demands appeased?
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • So flowed the "spring" of hope at least, as it was fed by the scene then before me.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • All the passengers got out for a moment, and the horses were fed.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Of course we were lodged and fed, in waiting for the schooner to come in.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • They fed me, nursed me, and warmed me, without receiving any other return from me than my thanks.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The sheep were to be washed and sheared, too, and the awkward, weak-kneed calves to be fed.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • For this end he is fed, clothed, and prescribed for in sickness.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • She fed and warmed them, she was their wise and watchful keeper.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

Synonyms for fed

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