fry

fryverb

American /fraɪ/ British /fraɪ/ Fry rhymes with my and dry.

third-person singular fries past tense fried past participle fried present participle frying

very commondefining vocabulary

cookcook food in hot oil or fat
transitive or intransitive [T/I] verb + object [V + obj] verb + two objects [V + obj + obj] cooking
- Fry the onions until they are soft. V + obj
- She fried two eggs for breakfast. V + obj
- I'll fry you some fish. V + obj + obj
- The bacon was frying in the pan.
Collocations
verb + noun fry an egg, fry onions, fry fish, fry potatoes
adverb + verb lightly fry, gently fry
verb + preposition fry something in oil, fry something in butter
Compare boil; bake; cook
in the sunbe or become very hot, especially in strong sun
intransitive [I] informal
- We'll fry if we sit on the beach all afternoon.
- Put some cream on, or you will fry.

Cultural background "fry": fry covers cooking in a little oil in a pan and cooking in a lot of oil; when the food is fully under hot oil, English often says deep-fry.