fed (on, upon, or off)

verb

Definition of fed (on, upon, or off)next
past tense of feed (on, upon, or off)
as in preyed (on or upon)
to seize and eat (something) as prey the flycatcher is a bird that—as its name suggests—feeds on winged insects in midair

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fed (on, upon, or off)
  1. stalked
  2. chased
  3. hunted
Verb
  • The first episode started with poor Struan Loy getting stalked and later torched alive by a pair of Russian assassins as relentless and seemingly unkillable as Michael Myers or Jason Voorhees.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of stalked
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  • She has just been released from rehab after falling off the wagon and spends much of her day either sleeping or recovering from bad dreams of being chased by Nazis.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But the right-hander was tagged by Jake Bauer's two-run double in the fourth and David Hamilton's RBI single that chased Glasnow in the fifth and left Milwaukee trailing 4-3.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of chased
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  • The third installment pivots slightly, focusing more on the experiences of Debra, who is haunted and hunted in the same way as her cousin, Jenny.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The spears mostly give us information about how Neanderthals hunted.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of hunted
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“Fed (on, upon, or off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fed%20%28on%2C%20upon%2C%20or%20off%29. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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