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🍳 To cook in oil ⚡ To execute 🌞 To get very hot
to fry

to fry

283 1.0
Cook food in hot oil or fat in a pan
  • verb
  • /fraɪ/
translation icon : freír
  • To make a delicious breakfast, you can fry eggs in a skillet with a little butter.
  • fried chicken
  • deep-fried
  • fried food

I'm saying can you fry an egg that looks good?

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Examples

  • You can fry an egg on a wall.

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Step one, we need to fry the onions and the garlic.

  • "Get some chicken, too," she ordered, "and fry up a couple of pieces for my dinner."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I'm saying can you fry an egg that looks good?

    Alfie Deyes Vlogs

  • Hey, I'm going to shallow fry in some organic coconut oil.

  • If you eat too much food fried in oil, you'll get fat.

    L.U.N.A. (2021)

  • Toby is currently deep frying kale on the fire.

  • Poor women and their families subsisted on fried beef, boiled tea, and baker's bread.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The beans are then mashed, fried in lard, and garnished with grated cheese.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Rajah ordered fried potato patties, fried cheese, fried onions, and raw tomato sandwiches on crustless white bread.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

to cook
vsto fry
∞ 1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

is the specific method using hot oil or fat rather than any heating
to deep-fry
vsto fry
8 2.8

Cook food by putting it completely in hot oil

is usually done in a pan and may not require full immersion
to fry up
vsto fry
7 2.9

Cook food in hot oil or fat

is the general verb for cooking in hot oil or fat usually in a pan
to stir-fry
vsto fry
7 2.8

To cook food quickly in a small amount of hot oil while stirring

is similar but does not require continuous stirring or wok use
to pan-fry
vsto fry
3 2.9

To cook food in a hot pan with a little oil

is broader, not limited to small oil amounts or specific pan technique
to french-fry
vsto fry
  • US
3 2.6

To cook food in hot oil until it becomes crisp and golden

is the general cooking method that does not stress crisp golden result
to saute
vsto fry
1 3.7

Fry food quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over high heat

is more general, not specifically about very quick high heat cooking
to deep-fat-fry
vsto fry
1 3.3

To cook food by putting it completely in hot oil

is the broader pan method that can include partial oil use
to frizzle
vsto fry
1 6.8

Cook food in hot oil until it becomes brown and crispy

is the basic method without requiring a curled or crisp final texture

Idioms

bigger fish to fry
  • Informal
1 6.5

To have more important things to do than this matter

to fry someone's bacon
  • Informal
9.9

To do a favor that helps someone in a hard situation

other fish to fry
  • Informal
7.1

To have more important things to do now

Phrasal Verbs

to fry up
7 2.9

Cook food in hot oil or fat

to french-fry
  • US
3 2.6

To cook food in hot oil until it becomes crisp and golden

to deep-fat-fry
1 3.3

To cook food by putting it completely in hot oil

Compounds

fish fry
  • Informal
6 2.8

A meal where people eat fried fish together, often outdoors

stir-fry
4 2.1

A dish made by quickly frying small pieces of food in a little hot oil while stirring

fry bread
  • US
4 6.1

A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities

fry cook
  • US
4 2.5

A person who makes food in hot oil at a restaurant or diner

small fry
  • Offensive
1 6.9

People or groups seen as unimportant compared to others

small fry
  • Informal
1 7.4

Young children who are not yet adults

How Fried

to deep-fry
8 2.8
to fry
283 1.0
to pan-fry
3 2.9
stir-fry
4 2.1
to saute
1 3.7

Surface Forms

fry infinitive
fried past
fried past participle
frying present participle
fries third person singular

Etymology

Fry comes from Old French frire, which meant 'to roast' or 'to fry', so to fry food is to cook it in hot oil or fat until it turns golden and crisp.