What is the meaning of fed?

noun

• Any federal law-enforcement officer.
  • synonyms: Federal, federal official
• 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.
  • usage: "the Fed seeks to control the United States economy by raising and lowering short-term interest rates and the money supply"
  • synonyms: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve, FRS

verb

• Provide as food.
  • usage: "Feed the guests the nuts"
  • synonyms: feed
• Give food to.
  • usage: "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
  • synonyms: feed, give
• Feed into; supply.
  • usage: "Her success feeds her vanity"
  • synonyms: feed
• Introduce continuously.
  • usage: "feed carrots into a food processor"
  • synonyms: feed, feed in
• Support or promote.
  • usage: "His admiration fed her vanity"
  • synonyms: feed
• Take in food; used of animals only.
  • usage: "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat"
  • synonyms: feed, eat
• Serve as food for; be the food for.
  • usage: "This dish feeds six"
  • synonyms: feed
• Move along, of liquids.
  • usage: "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
  • synonyms: run, flow, feed, course
• Profit from in an exploitatory manner.
  • usage: "He feeds on her insecurity"
  • synonyms: prey, feed
• Gratify.
  • usage: "feed one's eyes on a gorgeous view"
  • synonyms: feed, feast
• Provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to.
  • usage: "We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants"
  • synonyms: fertilize, fertilise, feed