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federation
n. combination, confederacy, confederation, amalgamation,
coalition, league, alliance, union, association, Bund, society:
The central government consists of a federation of states.
fee n. 1 charge, price, cost, fare, bill, tariff, toll, Colloq
damage(s): The membership fee is œ25. 2 pay, payment,
emolument, compensation, recompense, honorarium, remuneration,
rate, wage(s), stipend, salary: What is your fee per hour for
proofreading?
feeble adj. 1 weak, infirm, frail, puny, slight, feckless;
debilitated, enervated, decrepit, enfeebled, exhausted,
weakened; effete, delicate, fragile, powerless, impotent,
impuissant, languid, spiritless, sickly, ailing, unsound, faint,
dizzy; Colloq woozy, Brit wonky: The survivors were suffering
from exposure and too feeble to walk. 2 flimsy, weak,
ineffectual, ineffective, namby-pamby, half-baked, lame,
unconvincing, shoddy, thin, insubstantial, poor, unsatisfactory,
insufficient, inadequate, unavailing, meagre, paltry,
insignificant, Colloq wishy-washy, Brit wet: She gave her usual
feeble excuse for being late. 3 weak, obscure, dim,
imperceptible, faint, distant, indistinct, unclear: He could
see little in the feeble light from the one candle. We heard a
feeble cry from under the rubble.
feeble-minded
adj. stupid, dull(-witted), witless, moronic, idiotic,
imbecilic, simple, slow (on the uptake), slow-witted,
weak-minded, dim-witted, addle-pated, halfwitted, deficient,
subnormal, mentally defective, retarded, attocerebral, Brit ESN
(='educationally subnormal'), Colloq dumb, thick, soft in the
head, boneheaded, empty-headed, vacant, Brit gormless, US
exceptional: Why do you spend so much time with that
feeble-minded twit?
feed v. 1 provision, cater or provide (for), victual, purvey,
provender, supply, maintain, nurture, nourish, board, support,
sustain, wine and dine: Is there enough to feed everyone? 2
eat, devour, graze, pasture: Cattle feed most of the day. 3
feed on or upon. subsist or survive or depend or thrive on or
upon, be nourished or gratified or supported by: Swindlers feed