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单词 unfed
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unfedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛd/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛd/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2b. Compare Middle Dutch ongevoedet, -voet, Dutch -voed unfed, unnourished; Old Norse and Icelandic ú-, ófœ́ddr (Swedish ofödd, Danish ufødt) unborn.
1. Not supplied or nourished with food.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food > not fed
unsuppedc1384
unfeda1400
unvictualled1484
undined?a1513
unbreakfasted1647
undieted1649
unprovisioned1747
undinnered1799
luncheonless1883
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19650 Thre dais liued he þar vnfedd.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12925 Iesus..fasted fourti dais vn-fedd.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vi. 71 The empty lioun, lang onfed,..Trubland the fald full of sylly schep.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 44 Shepeheards..That playen, while their flockes be vn~fedde.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 130 Carre-swannes that are unfedde are usually att ijs. vjd. a peece.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 84 Some sons of mine..Have sharply tax'd your converts, who unfed Have follow'd you for miracles of bread.
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 570/1 I wonder'd, why his oxen stray'd, His sheep and heifers pine'd unfed.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvii. 442 Now the half-tutored, unfed Esquimaux dog would eat a goat, bones, skin, and, for aught I know, horns.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 565 Upon his perch the falcon sat Unfed.
in extended use.1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer III. xxvii. 100 The diet..became wellnigh intolerable: the flaccid unfed meat,..the milkless tea, the utter absence of all fruit.
2. figurative. Not supplied with necessary material, support, etc.
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the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > not supplied
unfeda1640
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Lovers Progres iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Lll3v/1 She that is forfeited to lust must dye, That humour being un-fed.
1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iv, in R. Howard Four New Plays 165 I shou'd..like an unfed stream run on and dye.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 541 A lovely Flow'r, New cropt by Virgin Hands,..Unfaded yet, but yet unfed below.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xliv. 25 Even as a flame unfed, which runs to waste With its own flickering.
1883 Jrnl. Educ. (Univ. of Boston School of Educ.) 18 148 A church unfed from the public table.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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