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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
well-fed
adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
well-fed/under-fed/poorly-fed
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
well-fed cattle
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And no sympathy at all for the well-fed hordes who stand in what should be his way.
▪ As we move into a well-fed and highly productive era, new diseases transmitted through our food are regularly emerging.
▪ Or that Canchola likewise regularly loaded his well-fed frame on many a civic-sponsored plane seat.
▪ Ranulf the rat-catcher was waiting for him just outside the door, a sleek, well-fed Bonaventure in his hands.
▪ The three-year-olds I observed were bright, lively, confident, well-fed and happy.
▪ The turkey and black vultures at the park are well-fed and then scared into bringing up their food to supply the chicks.
▪ Well, the seven journalists went round the classrooms, looking at the well-scrubbed, well-fed, well-clothed children.
▪ With his unruly beard and comfortable paunch he looked like a well-fed prophet.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
well-fed

mid-14c., from well (adv.) + past participle of feed (v.).

Wiktionary
well-fed

a. properly or adequately fed or nourished alt. properly or adequately fed or nourished

WordNet
well-fed

adj. properly nourished [syn: well-nourished]