Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Adequately or properly nourished.
- adj. Overfed; fat.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Showing the result of good feeding; in good condition; fat; plump.
Wiktionary
- adj. properly or adequately fed or nourished
WordNet 3.0
- adj. properly nourished
Examples
“The consensus, at least among this well-fed throng: they loved it!”
“They rarely starve, however, since well-fed vampire bats disgorge a little precious blood to nourish their hungry peers.”
“They were met inside the palace by a servant of the king, a well-fed man in a green robe.”
“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.”
“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.”
“They're very good escape artists — particularly if not well-fed.”
“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.”
“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.”
The Guardian: Chinese vice-president Xi Jinping appointed to key military post
“That woman over there is not well-fed and can't feed her baby properly.”
“What if we just resigned ourselves to the fact that we were not meant to be free, and what we really need is a ruler who already has everything and a small enough or well-fed enough ego to do the right thing by us?”
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well-hyphenated
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Poetrie: "For I Will Consider My Cat ...
An excerpt from Jubilate Agno, written by Christopher Smart between 1759 and 1763 during his confinement for "lunacy" at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethnal Green, London.
For I will...consider, cat, jeoffry, servant, living god, duly, worship, wreathing, elegant quickness, leaps up, musk, blessing and 145 more...
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