FRIED

fried, deep-fried

(adjective) cooked by frying in fat

FRY

fry

(verb) cook on a hot surface using fat; “fry the pancakes”

electrocute, fry

(verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; “The serial killer was electrocuted”

fry

(verb) be excessively hot; “If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they’ll be fried”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

fried

simple past tense and past participle of fry

Adjective

fried (comparative more fried, superlative most fried)

Cooked by frying.

(specifically, of an egg) Fried with the yolk unbroken.

Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried.

(colloquial, of computer equipment) Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.

(slang) stoned; under the influence of drugs

(slang) extremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted

Anagrams

• Efird, Fedir, RIFed, fired, redif

Source: Wiktionary


Fried,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Fry.

FRY

Fry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] Etym: [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.]

Definition: To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.

Fry, v. i.

1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.

2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden The frothy billows fry. Spenser.

3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.

4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax.

Fry, n.

1. A dish of anything fried.

2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]

Fry, n. Etym: [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fræ, frjo, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The young of any fish.

2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. The fry of children young. Spenser. To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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