fried

[frahyd] /fraɪd/
adjective
1.
cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
2.
Slang.
  1. drunk; inebriated.
  2. intoxicated from drugs; high.
  3. exhausted or incapacitated through intemperance; burned-out.
verb
3.
simple past tense and past participle of fry1 .
Related forms
unfried, adjective

Fried

[freed; German freet] /frid; German frit/
noun
1.
Alfred Hermann
[al-frid hur-muh n;; German ahl-freyt her-mahn] /ˈæl frɪd ˈhɜr mən;; German ˈɑl freɪt ˈhɛr mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1864–1921, Austrian writer and journalist: Nobel Peace Prize 1911.

fry1

[frahy] /fraɪ/
verb (used with object), fried, frying.
1.
to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
2.
Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
verb (used without object), fried, frying.
3.
to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
4.
Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
noun, plural fries.
5.
a dish of something fried.
6.
a piece of french-fried potato.
7.
a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors:
a fish fry.
Origin
1250-1300; 1925-30 for def 2; Middle English frien < Anglo-French, Old French frire < Latin frīgere to fry
Related forms
fryable, adjective
Can be confused
friable, fryable.
Examples from the web for fried
  • But just before he boards, priest and bunny take his ride, and he is fried.
British Dictionary definitions for fried

fried

/fraɪd/
verb
1.
the past tense and past participle of fry1

fry1

/fraɪ/
verb fries, frying, fried
1.
when tr, sometimes foll by up. to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
2.
(intransitive) (informal) to be excessively hot
3.
(slang, mainly US) to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
noun (pl) fries
4.
a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry
5.
(US & Canadian) a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
6.
(Brit, informal) the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
Word Origin
C13: from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere to roast, fry

fry2

/fraɪ/
plural noun
1.
the young of various species of fish
2.
the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
3.
young children See also small fry
Word Origin
C14 (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fricāre to rub

Fry

/fraɪ/
noun
1.
Christopher. 1907–2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady's Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)
2.
Elizabeth. 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
3.
Roger Eliot. 1866–1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)
4.
Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
Word Origin and History for fried
adj.

mid-14c., past participle adjective from fry (v.).

fry

v.

late 13c., from Old French frire "to fry" (13c.), from Latin frigere "to roast or fry," from PIE *bher- (4) "to cook, bake" (cf. Sanskrit bhrjjati "roasts," bharjanah "roasting;" Persian birishtan "to roast;" Greek phrygein "to roast, bake").

Meaning "execute in the electric chair" is U.S. slang from 1929. To go out of the frying pan into the fire is first attested in Thomas More (1532). The related noun is from 1630s. Related: Fried; frying. Frying pan recorded from mid-14c.

n.

"young fish," late 13c., from Anglo-French frei, from Old French frai "spawn," from froier "to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand)." First applied to human offspring 14c. in Scottish, though OED and some other sources trace this usage to Old Norse frjo, fræ "seed, offspring."

Slang definitions & phrases for fried

fried

adjective
  1. Drunk (1926+)
  2. Electrocuted (1930+ Underworld)
  3. Exhausted; burned out; frazzled: Apparently, Maurice White's voice is fried/ Yeah, I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I put it in (1980s+ Teenagers)

fry

verb
  1. To be executed in the electric chair, or to execute someone in the electric chair: I built up a case against Sandmark. You probably could have fried him with it, too/ Apparently everybody in Texas thinks everybody should be fried (1929+)
  2. To punish severely; kick ass, rough up: I'll call the CFTC, the FBI, George Bush, and I'll beg them to fry your ass (1920+)
  3. To upset; anger; piss off (1960s+)
  4. To fail; go down (1980s+ Computer)
  5. To remove the kinks from hair with a hot comb or curling iron (1950s+ Black)
  6. To take LSD; drop (1980s+ Teenagers)
Related Terms

bigger fish to fry, small fry


fried in Technology


1. Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a "power glitch" (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke - see friode, SED and LER. However, this term is also used metaphorically.) Compare frotzed.
2. Of people, exhausted. Said particularly of those who continue to work in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse. "Yeah, I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I put it in." Especially common in conjunction with "brain": "My brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep."
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(1996-04-28)