fried

¹

[ frahyd ]

adjective

1. cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
2. Slang.
   1. drunk; inebriated.
   2. intoxicated from drugs; high.
   3. exhausted or incapacitated through intemperance; burned-out.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of fry ¹.

Fried

²

[ freed; German freet ]

noun

1. Al·fred Her·mann [al, -frid , hur, -m, uh, n, ahl, -f, r, eyt , her, -mahn], 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.

fried

/ fraɪd /

verb

1. See fry
   the past tense and past participle of fry 1

Other Words From

• re·fried adjective
• un·fried adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fried¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, for the adjective

Example Sentences

“I think as the ubiquity of French fries prove, everyone loves a crispy fried potato,” he said in an email.

From The Daily Beast

I remember them coming over all adorable with mac and cheese, collard greens, fried chicken.

From The Daily Beast

Shortly afterward, someone gave her some cash and “un combo de Kentucky Fried Chicken.”

From The Daily Beast

“Gardens can provide kids with disabilities a greater level of autonomy,” said Fried.

From The Daily Beast

I ate the staple corn paste sadza every day and tasted fried mopane worms.

From The Daily Beast

"I guess you've handled a frying pan before, all right," he remarked at last, when the bacon was fried without burning.

From Project Gutenberg

Common soldiers bought fruit and paper bags of fried potatoes from the booths.

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Cash then took down the little square baking pan, greased from the last baking of bread, and in that he fried his hot cakes.

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I catched a good big catfish, too, and Jim cleaned him with his knife, and fried him.

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It was not, however, pere Kontzen's terrace nor his appetizing fried dishes that drew them on.

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Related Words

• crocked
• drunk
• looped
• pickled
• shit-faced
• smashed
• stewed
• wasted