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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fed \Fed\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Feed}.

Feed \Feed\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Feeding}.] [AS. f?dan, fr. f?da food; akin to C?. f?dian,
   OFries f?da, f?da, D. voeden, OHG. fuottan, Icel. f[ae]?a,
   Sw. f["o]da, Dan. f["o]de. ? 75. See {Food}.]
   1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment; to satisfy
      the physical huger of.

            If thine enemy hunger, feed him.      --Rom. xii.
                                                  20.

            Unreasonable reatures feed their young. --Shak.

   2. To satisfy; grafity or minister to, as any sense, talent,
      taste, or desire.

            I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
                                                  --Shak.

            Feeding him with the hope of liberty. --Knolles.

   3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that which is used or
      wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper feeds the mill;
      to feed a furnace with coal.

   4. To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen,
      develop, and guard.

            Thou shalt feed people Israel.        --2 Sam. v. 2.

            Mightiest powers by deepest calms are feed. --B.
                                                  Cornwall.

   5. To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by
      cattle; as, if grain is too forward in autumn, feed it
      with sheep.

            Once in three years feed your mowing lands.
                                                  --Mortimer.

   6. To give for food, especially to animals; to furnish for
      consumption; as, to feed out turnips to the cows; to feed
      water to a steam boiler.

   7. (Mach.)
      (a) To supply (the material to be operated upon) to a
          machine; as, to feed paper to a printing press.
      (b) To produce progressive operation upon or with (as in
          wood and metal working machines, so that the work
          moves to the cutting tool, or the tool to the work).

资料来源 : WordNet®

Fed
     n 1: any federal law-enforcement officer [syn: {Federal}, {federal
          official}]
     2: the central bank of the United States; incorporates 12
        Federal Reserve branch banks and all national banks and
        state charted 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" [syn: {Federal Reserve System}, {Federal
        Reserve}, {FRS}]