English
fried
Pronunciation Verb
  1. Simple past tense and past participle of fry
Adjective

fried

  1. Cooked by frying.
  2. (specifically, of an egg) Fried with the yolk unbroken.
    He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.
  3. Cooked in a deep fryer or pressure fryer or the like after being coated (breaded) in batter; compare deep-fried.
    a bucket of fried chicken
    • 2009, Parameswarakuma Mallikarjunan, Michael O. Ngadi, Manjeet S. Chinnan, Breaded Fried Foods, CRC Press (ISBN 9780203492291), pages 51, section 3.6.1.:
      Innawong et al. (2006) conducted experiments to study the effect of using nitrogen gas on the quality of fried chicken nuggets during pressure frying in terms of moisture retention and reduction in fat […]
    • 2012, Harry W. Lawson, Standards for Fats & Oils, Springer (ISBN 9781468468762), page 98:
      The level of seasoning is lower when the chicken is to be open kettle fried; this is because the open kettle-fried chicken has a thicker coating of breading than chicken to be pressure fried. […] Gently shake the fry baskets several times to prevent the sticking of chicken pieces to each other, which can cause raw breading spots on the fried chicken.
  4. (colloquial, of computer equipment) Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.
    It looks like your motherboard is fried.
  5. (slang) stoned; under the influence of drugs
    ''Man, I got totally fried on weed at Chad's party.'
  6. (slang) extremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted
    After nearly twelve hours at the office plus a nightmare commute home, I was fried and couldn’t think of anything but sleep.
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