fried
adj/fɹaɪd/
7 senses
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
- 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 […]2009, Parameswarakuma Mallikarjunan, Michael O. Ngadi, Manjeet S. Chinnan, Breaded Fried Foods, CRC Press, →ISBN, pages 51, section 3.6.1:
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- 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.2012, Harry W. Lawson, Standards for Fats & Oils, Springer, page 98
4
Colloquial, Of electronic equipment Broken as a result of excessive heat or an electrical surge.
- It looks like your motherboard is fried.
- Optics - totally fried. And let's not even talk about the power supply. You know how expensive this gear is, son?.2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Heretic:
5
Slang Stoned; under the influence of drugs.
- Man, I got totally fried on weed at Chad's party.
6
Slang Drunk; under the influence of alcohol.
- The police had to send a squad car / When Daddy got fried on vodka1955, Noël Coward, What's Going to Happen to the Tots?:
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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.
- Derived terms
42 terms
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