fry
Third Person
fries
Present Participle
frying
Past Tense
fried
Past Participle
fried
1
to cook in hot oil or fat
transitive
- He decided to fry the shrimp for the pasta dish.
- I prefer to fry my fries instead of baking them.
- She loves to fry mushrooms with garlic and butter.
- She watched her grandmother fry the potatoes.
- She will fry the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
2
(of food) to be cooked in hot oil or fat
- Once the oil is hot enough, the fries will begin to fry.
- She let the eggplant slices fry until they were golden brown.
- The bacon needs to fry for a few minutes on each side.
- The chicken started to fry as soon as she dropped it into the oil.
- The onions are frying in the heated oil.
3
to become excessively hot, often causing discomfort or injury
- She was so exposed to the sun that she felt like she was frying under its intense heat.
- After spending hours in the sauna, he felt like he was frying from the inside out.
- He forgot to wear sunscreen, and now his skin is fried from the sun.
- The heat from the fire was so intense that it felt like the entire room was frying.
- After hours in the sun, she felt like she was going to fry from the heat.
4
to carry out an execution by electrocution
transitive
- Some states still use electrocution to fry criminals, though it is becoming less common.
- His final words were spoken just before they prepared to fry him for his crimes.
- The debate over whether to fry prisoners or use lethal injection continues to divide public opinion.
- The state still used the electric chair to fry death row inmates despite protests.
- It was a dark chapter in history when many people were fried by electrocution.
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