fried

1. 1
   adjective

   Cooked in hot oil or fat in a pan.

   Like the crispy edge an egg gets when you cook it in a hot, oily pan.

   She served fried potatoes with the eggs.

   The fried fish was crispy and golden on the outside.

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of fry. Use this form when the cooking already happened.

   She fried the eggs in a little butter.

   He had fried the onions before adding the rice.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Cooked in deep, hot oil after being covered in batter or breadcrumbs.

   The fried chicken had a thick, crunchy crust around the meat.

   They ordered a basket of fried shrimp coated in seasoned batter.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Cooked in a pan with the yellow middle of the egg left whole.

   She likes her eggs fried with the yolk still runny.

   He ordered two fried eggs, sunny-side up.

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5. 5
   adjectivecolloquial

   Broken because too much heat or a sudden burst of electricity damaged it.

   Like a light bulb that burns out and goes dark for good.

   The lightning strike left my router completely fried.

   After the power surge, the laptop was fried and wouldn't turn on.

   Similardead

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6. 6
   adjectiveslang

   So tired that you can hardly think or keep going.

   Like a phone battery that has run all the way down to empty.

   After finals week, I was totally fried.

   She felt fried by the end of the double shift.

   Similarexhausted, tired, drained, spent, fatigued

   Oppositefresh, rested

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7. 7
   adjectiveslang

   Strongly affected by using drugs.

   After smoking all afternoon, they were too fried to leave the couch.

   He showed up fried, giggling at nothing and losing his train of thought.

   Similarhigh, stoned, baked, wasted, toasted

   Oppositesober, straight

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8. 8
   adjectiveslang

   Very drunk from drinking too much alcohol.

   By last call he was thoroughly fried on cheap beer.

   They got fried at the wedding and missed the cake.

   Similarinebriated, besotted, blasted, bombed, blitzed

   Oppositesober

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