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# fried

adjective (fried); also the past form of «fry» (fry, fries, fried, frying)

«fried» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Fried food has been cooked in hot oil or fat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#m1)
2. Fried is the past of «fry»: cooked in hot oil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#m2)
3. Informal: fried can mean very tired, or broken by too much heat or electricity («the computer got fried»). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and healthy-eating lessons: fried eggs, fried rice, fried chicken; fried foods are tasty but should be eaten only sometimes. Phrases: «fried egg», «fried rice», «deep-fried», «stir-fried».

### Examples

- I had a fried egg on toast for breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x1)
- Dad fried some onions in the pan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x2)
- Fried chicken is crunchy outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x3)
- We ate stir-fried vegetables with noodles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x4)
- Too much fried food is not healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x5)
- The lightning fried our TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x6)
- My brain is fried after that test! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x7)
- Pinocchio runs the danger of being fried in a pan like a fish [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/#x8)

### Note

Fry changes y to i: fry, fries, fried; but «frying» keeps y. «Deep-fried» = cooked covered in hot oil. Safety: frying oil is very hot; children should not fry without an adult. Not a number word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fried/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fried» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fried.html) on Mova free.