Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Adequately or properly nourished.
- adjective Overfed; fat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Showing the result of good feeding; in good condition; fat; plump.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
properly oradequately fed ornourished
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective properly nourished
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Examples
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And it's one thing for rich, well-fed Europe to say, as Mr. Brabeck-Letmathe puts it, "I don't want to produce GMO crops because frankly speaking I don't want to produce so much food."
Can the World Still Feed Itself? Brian M. Carney 2011
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On a foreign trip last spring, he told his audience: There are some well-fed foreigners who have nothing better to do than point fingers at our affairs.
Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping appointed to key military post Tania Branigan in Beijing 2010
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We hope that being well-rested, well-fed, and well-intentioned will buy us more care-free time of good health until our ultimate hour.
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We hope that being well-rested, well-fed, and well-intentioned will buy us more care-free time of good health until our ultimate hour.
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We hope that being well-rested, well-fed, and well-intentioned will buy us more care-free time of good health until our ultimate hour.
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Also impressive are the portraits of well-fed burghers, such as the 1643 half-length figure of Paulus Verschuur, confident in his stylish hat, crisp collar and voluminous suit; a bare hand, gloves, sheer cuffs, a silken sash, curling hair and alert features are teased into existence with assured, staccato brushstrokes.
Picture-Perfect Rogues' Gallery Karen Wilkin 2011
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They rarely starve, however, since well-fed vampire bats disgorge a little precious blood to nourish their hungry peers.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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The consensus, at least among this well-fed throng: they loved it!
Regina Weinreich: Spiderman: The Party Regina Weinreich 2011
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They were met inside the palace by a servant of the king, a well-fed man in a green robe.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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They're very good escape artists — particularly if not well-fed.
Plan to block giant snakes in Florida may hurt businesses 2010
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