fryverb [ I or T ]
uk/fraɪ/us/fraɪ/B1 to cook food in hot oil or fat:
Fry the mushrooms in a little butter.
informal figurative You'll fry (= burn) if you lie in the sun all day.
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- Remember to cut off the fat before you fry the steak.
- First, fry the garlic. Next, add the ginger.
- Shall I fry you an egg, or would you prefer boiled?
- It is healthier to grill or steam your food than to fry it.
- Fry four chicken joints in a pan with some mushrooms and garlic.
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Preparing food using heat
- bake
- barbecue
- baste
- batch-bake
- boil sth up
- boiled
- curry
- flambé
- flash-fry
- fried
- frizzled
- grilled
- microwave
- preheat
- render
- render sth down
- rendering
- sauté
- shallow-fry
- simmer
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frynoun [ plural ]
uk/fraɪ/us/fraɪ/young, small fish
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- foal
- frogspawn
- gosling
- heifer
- joey
- litter
- owlet
- peachick
- piglet
- pup
- puppy
- spawn
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