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verb · A1

Fry

FREYE/fraɪ/

Fry means to cook food in hot oil in a pan: fry an egg, fried rice. Boil uses water; bake uses an oven; grill uses heat from above. Fry is regular: fry, fried, fried. Chips are often fried. Not fly (a verb of movement, or an insect) — different vowel.

Meaning

To cook food in hot oil.

Examples

  • “Fry the eggs in a pan.”
  • “Do not fry the onions for too long.”
  • “He fried some tomatoes for breakfast.”

Good to know

fry in oil / in a pan. Contrast: boil (water), bake (oven). Mix-up: fly. Past: fried.

Topics

Food

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