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- Dictionaryfry/frʌɪ/
verb
- 1. cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan: "she fried a rasher of bacon, a sausage and a slice of bread"
- 2. destroy: informal "drugs fry the brain"
noun
- 1. French fries; chips.
- 2. a fried dish or meal: "would you like a fry in the morning?"
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B1. to cook food in hot oil or fat: Fry the mushrooms in a little butter. informal figurative You'll fry (= burn) if you lie in the sun all day. Fewer examples. Remember to cut off the fat before you fry the steak. First, fry the garlic. Next, add the ginger. Shall I fry you an egg, or would you prefer boiled?
: to cook in a pan or on a griddle over heat especially with the use of fat. 2. slang : electrocute sense 2. 3. : to damage or destroy (an electrical device or its circuitry) by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltage. intransitive verb. 1. : to undergo frying. 2. : to get very hot or burn as if being fried.
B1. to cook food in hot oil or fat: Fry the mushrooms in a little butter. informal figurative You'll fry (= burn) if you lie in the sun all day. Fewer examples. Remember to cut off the fat before you fry the steak. First, fry the garlic. Next, add the ginger. Would you like me to fry you an egg, or would you prefer it boiled?
Definition of fry verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Fry definition: to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.. See examples of FRY used in a sentence.
To fry food is to cook it in very hot oil until it's crispy. For breakfast, you could fry yourself an egg, and maybe fry some bacon to go with it. You can stir fry vegetables and deep fry doughnuts — and you have to be careful on a hot summer day not to (figuratively) fry yourself in the sun.
1. To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat. 2. Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair. n. pl. fries (frīz) 1. A french fry: ordered fries as a side dish. 2. A dish of a fried food. 3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry. [Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere .] fry 2.
When you fry food, you cook it in a pan that contains hot fat or oil. Gently fry the sausages in a pan with oil. Fry the breadcrumbs in the hot fat until they are golden brown.
FRY definition: to cook something in hot oil or fat or to be cooked in hot oil or fat: . Learn more.
Fry definition, to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil. See more.
