Fry Meaning
/fɹaɪ/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbA method of cooking food.
verbA method of cooking food., To cook (something) in hot fat.
Sentence Examples
I like pea pods in my stir fry.
People will fry to a crisp in the sun today.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To make crispy chicken, you must ____ it in hot oil.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You should ____ the onions in a little bit of butter until they become translucent and soft.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ- (“to roast, fry”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), भृग् (bhṛg, “the crackling of fire”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"With crackling flames a caldron fries."
— 1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
"Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry"
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
"it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things."
— 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:
"With a few strokes, the international creditors helped dismember the FRY and put a fiscal headlock on the newly “independent” republics."
— 2000, Michael Parenti, chapter 2, in To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia, New York: Verso, →ISBN, page 21:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
To make crispy chicken, you must ____ it in hot oil.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You should ____ the onions in a little bit of butter until they become translucent and soft.