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 →

2) Gave something that is needed into a machine or a system, like feeding paper into a printer. tree →

3) "Fed up" (informal) means bored, annoyed or unhappy with something that has gone on too long. tree →

4) "Well fed" means having had plenty to eat. tree →

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 →
• Have you fed the dog yet? tree →
• The farmer fed the pigs with apples. tree →
• The baby was fed at six o'clock. tree →
• I'm fed up with this rain! tree →
• The owl fed on mice and voles. tree →
• We fed the ducks with peas, not bread. tree →
• Grandma made sure we were well fed. tree →
• I am well fed, and treated politely. tree →

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.
• Cats are ambush hunters, and even well-fed pet cats still hunt because the urge to chase and pounce is built in.
• Real cats do hunt mice, but many well-fed house cats are lazy hunters, and some are even scared of rats.
• Pigeons are smarter than they look: they can tell people's faces apart and remember who chased them and who fed them.
• Real cats hunt mice by waiting quietly and pouncing, and many well-fed pet cats are not very interested in hunting.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.