fried
1 Americanadjective
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cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
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Slang.
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intoxicated from drugs; high.
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exhausted or incapacitated through intemperance; burned-out.
verb
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
- refried adjective
- unfried adjective
Etymology
Origin of fried
First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective
Example Sentences
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Guests of the Sunday jazz brunch at Bloom Ranch enjoyed fried chicken and peach cobbler.
From Los Angeles Times
The meat is then coated in flour, eggs and breadcrumbs before it’s fried in oil.
From Salon
"They don't even have the Scottish system of a single - which is like the individually fried item and then the supper which is the item plus chips," he said.
From BBC
Handle this with care: there could be glass in fried rice at Trader Joe’s.
From Los Angeles Times
I promised him everything from fried rabbit to a red squirrel stew, but it did no good.
From Literature
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