Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense stir-fries, present participle stir-frying, past tense, past participle stir-fried
1. verb
If you stir-fry vegetables, meat, or fish, you cook small pieces of them quickly by stirring them in a small quantity of very hot oil. This method is often used in Chinese cookery.
Stir-fry the vegetables until crisp. [VERB noun]
...stir-fried vegetables. [VERB-ed]
2. countable noun
A stir-fry is a Chinese dish consisting of small pieces of vegetables, meat, or fish which havebeen stir-fried.
Serve the stir-fry with 'instant' noodles.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Stir-fry vegetables, meat, or fish or stir-fry dishes are cooked by the stir-fry method.
stir-fry in British English
(ˈstɜːˌfraɪ)
verbWord forms: -fries, -frying or -fried
1.
to cook (small pieces of meat, vegetables, etc) rapidly by stirring them in a wok or frying pan over a high heat: used esp for Chinese food
nounWord forms: plural-fries
2.
a dish cooked in this way
stir-fry in American English
(ˈstɜrˌfraɪ)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈstir-ˌfried or ˈstir-ˌfrying
1.
in Chinese cooking, to fry (diced or sliced vegetables, meat, etc.) very quickly in a wok, with a little oil, while stirringconstantly