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# fed

«fed» in Mova's school dictionary: **The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (feed, feeds, fed, feeding — "fed" is the past simple and past participle); adjective (fed up)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The past form of "feed": gave food to a person or an animal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#m1)

2) Gave something that is needed into a machine or a system, like feeding paper into a printer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#m2)

3) "Fed up" (informal) means bored, annoyed or unhappy with something that has gone on too long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#m3)

4) "Well fed" means having had plenty to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, we say "I fed the cat" or "the baby has been fed". In science, food chains show what animals feed on: the owl fed on mice. In stories, characters are "fed up" when they are tired of waiting or being treated badly. Phrases: "fed up with", "well fed", "fed and watered", "breastfed", "fed on" (ate as food).

### examples

- I fed the goldfish this morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x1)
- Have you fed the dog yet? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x2)
- The farmer fed the pigs with apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x3)
- The baby was fed at six o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x4)
- I'm fed up with this rain! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x5)
- The owl fed on mice and voles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x6)
- We fed the ducks with peas, not bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x7)
- Grandma made sure we were well fed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x8)
- I am well fed, and treated politely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/#x9)

### note

Irregular verb: feed, fed, fed (not "feeded"). "Fed up with" is the usual phrase ("fed up of" is common in British speech but less formal). Do not feed wild animals human junk food; bread is not good for ducks. In maths problems, "she fed each of 3 rabbits 2 carrots" means 3 × 2 = 6 carrots. "The Fed" in American news means the Federal Reserve, a bank.

### In the corpora

- [Strange hours often mean a shift worker, like a nurse, porter or baker, keeping everyone safe and fed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/14/)
- [Cats are ambush hunters, and even well-fed pet cats still hunt because the urge to chase and pounce is built in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/52-how-animals-hunt/16/)
- [Real cats do hunt mice, but many well-fed house cats are lazy hunters, and some are even scared of rats.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/191-myths-and-cartoons-put-right/6/)
- [Pigeons are smarter than they look: they can tell people's faces apart and remember who chased them and who fed them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/3/)
- [Real cats hunt mice by waiting quietly and pouncing, and many well-fed pet cats are not very interested in hunting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.