Fried Meaning
/fɹaɪd/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbsimple past and past participle of fry
adjCooked by frying.
adjFried with the yolk unbroken.
"He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled."
adjCooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried.
"a bucket of fried chicken"
"Innawong et al. (2006) conducted experiments to study the effect of using nitrogen gas on the quality of fried chicken nuggets during pressure frying in terms of moisture retention and reduction in fat […]"— 2009, Parameswarakuma Mallikarjunan, Michael O. Ngadi, Manjeet S. Chinnan, Breaded Fried Foods, CRC Press, →ISBN, pages 51, section 3.6.1:
adjBroken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.
"It looks like your motherboard is fried."
"Optics - totally fried. And let's not even talk about the power supply. You know how expensive this gear is, son?."— 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Heretic:
adjStoned; under the influence of drugs.
"Man, I got totally fried on weed at Chad's party."
adjDrunk; under the influence of alcohol.
"The police had to send a squad car / When Daddy got fried on vodka"— 1955, Noël Coward, What's Going to Happen to the Tots?:
adjExtremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted.
"After nearly twelve hours at the office plus a nightmare commute home, I was fried and couldn’t think of anything but sleep."
nameA surname.
Sentence Examples
This chicken is fried well.
Are you going to let this fried chicken go begging?
CEFR Practice Quiz
She ____ the chicken in hot oil until golden.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chef served a platter of ____ calamari with a wedge of lemon and a spicy dipping sauce.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She ____ the chicken in hot oil until golden.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The chef served a platter of ____ calamari with a wedge of lemon and a spicy dipping sauce.