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Definition: Fried |
FriedAdjective1. Cooked by frying in fat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fried" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Fried adj. 1. [common] 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. [common] 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." Esp. common in conjunction with `brain': "My brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep.". Source: Jargon File. |
Slang | Adjective. Source: . Definition: Someone who is fried has used a chemical and has altered their mentality. Context: When someone has dropped acid or lsd or similar substances. Social Source: Botanical Hedonists in Eugene. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Deep frying is cooking food by submerging the whole food item in hot oil or fat. See also frying.Some deep fried food:
- Chicken fried steak
- Chicken wings
- Doughnut - a deep fried piece of dough or batter
- French fries (or Chip in British English) - fried potato
- Fried chicken
- Fried Shrimp
- Mars Bars - a delicacy of the North of England and Scotland. These are a popular candy (US) bar that has been dipped in batter first.
- Potato chips (crisps in British English)
- Scotch eggs
- Tempura - a Japanese technique consisting of a special batter and oil
- Battered Black Pudding - (aka. Blood Pudding) is another delicacy of the North of England and Scotland, especially Glasgow, Scotland. Individual (small) black puddings are battered and deep fried. Served with chips. Sold in Fish & Chip Shops as a take-away.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Deep frying."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Frying is cooking of food with the heat of oil. Due to the higher temperature of oil compared to water based cooking, the cooking time is usually short.See also: various frying techniques in cooking.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Frying."
Synonym: FriedSynonym: deep-fried (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) Nice big golden chips with a piece of fried fish (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I don't like my chickens alive, I like 'em dead and deep fried. You ever heard of Popeye's (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson) It's fried rice, you plick (Lethal Weapon 4; writing credit: Shane Black; Jonathan Lemkin) Jerry, I'm fried. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
Lyrics | But you're denied, cause your brain's fried from the sack (Take A Look Around; performing artist: Limp Bizkit) Catfish fried up dirty south fed (Southern Hospitality; performing artist: Ludacris) We'll be french fried potatoes by and by. (We Will All Go Together When We Go; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) When they drop the big one, we all get fried (Happy Birthday; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
Tongue Twisters | Freshly fried fresh flesh. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Southern Fried Hospitality (1960) French Fried Frolic (1949) Sudden Fried Chicken (1946) French Fried Patootie (1941) Fried Chicken (1930) | |
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 | A grocery bag spills out junk food (Cheetos, fried pork skins, cookies, cheddar and bacon crackers). There are bananas and oranges hidden in the background. See artwork: PV-44. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Color slide shows one slice of fried bacon. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |
 | Shown are two fried eggs on a plate with salsa. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |  | (1) color slide of two pupusas on a plate served with a side of coleslaw-like salad. (pupusas are a grilled or fried dough, similar to a pancake which can be made to be filled or just plain). Credit: Renee Comet (photographer). |
 | Shown is fish baked with vegetables and herbs. Fish should be baked or steamed instead of fried and potatoes should be served boiled with the skin on instead of as french fries. This was a poster in the "Healthy Eating Tips" series. See artwork: PV-30. Credit: Len Rizzi (photographer). |  | This mole has a characteristic "fried egg" appearance. The eccentric papule is a perfectly ordinary nevus. The diagnostic histologic features are found in the macular portion of the mole, particularly at its shoulder - i.e. Where the papule meets the macule. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Mexican lunch wagon serving tortillas and fried beans to workers in pecan shelling plant, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pecan sheller buying fried beans for her lunch, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Preparing plates of tortillas and fried beans to sell to pecan shellers, San Antonio, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Women delight women : Nancy Fried sculptures in dough at the Woman's Building ... September 17-November 5. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Chicken wings" by G G Commentary: "Deep fried wings." | "Strange Flower" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "I don't know what kind of flower this is but from a distance the blooms look like fried eggs, sunny side up." |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Curious children crowded close, ragged children who ate their fried dough as they watched |
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Health | Avoid sweet, fried, or fatty foods. (references) | |
Avoid foods fried in oil such as chips, french fries, and doughnuts. (references) | ||
Stay away from fried, greasy, or highly spiced foods, too. They are irritating and can cause diarrhea and cramping. (references) | ||
Business | Examples include Avis (340 car rental agencies), Kentucky Fried Chicken (7 company-owned fast food restaurants), and Best Western (170 hotels). (references) | |
Friteries, which are establishments serving carryout deep fried snacks, are subject to “market stall” trade regulations, as described in Council Directive 94/43/EEC of 14 June 1993. These hygiene regulations are less strict than those applied to restaurants, cafes, and taverns. (references) | ||
Economic History | Denmark | The longest established are McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken. (references) |
Botswana | They include DHL, Federal Express, Coca-Cola, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Avis. (references) | |
Mauritius | Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut have been operating for a number of years now as have several South African chains. (references) | |
Travel | Pakistan | Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, TGI Friday and Subway have opened a few outlets in Karachi and Lahore. (references) |
Mauritius | There are a variety of restaurants, including three U.S. franchises (Kentucky Fried Chicken, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's). (references) | |
Pakistan | Specialties include kababs, tikka (barbecued spiced chicken, mutton, or beef), korma (meat curry), koftas (meatballs), and pulao (spicy fried rice). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female tool. They stood before the altar and supplied The fire themselves in which their fat was fried. In vain the sacrifice! -- no god will claim An offering burnt with an unholy flame. M.P. Nopput |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The school lunch program is one big fast food operation itself, filled with all kinds of fried and processed foods fed to our poor children. |
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| "Fried" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "Fried" is used about 360 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 91.67% | 330 | 15,812 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 5.28% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 2.78% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.28% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 360 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "fried" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fried | Last name | 2,000 | 4,939 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Japan | Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "fried": albanian fried food of cheese or curds ♦ be fried ♦ chinese fried rice ♦ french fried potatoes ♦ fried cake ♦ fried egg ♦ fried eggs ♦ fried fish ♦ fried food ♦ fried potatoes ♦ fried rice. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fried": fried-chicken, fried-egg, fried-fish, fried-up. | |
Ending with "fried": dry-fried, pan-fried, stir-fried. | |
Containing "fried": Culler-Fried System, french-fried potatoes, stir-fried random. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kentucky fried chicken | 1,877 | fried pickle | 69 |
fried chicken recipe | 721 | fried rice shrimp | 69 |
fried chicken | 412 | chicken fried recipe southern | 64 |
fried green tomato | 290 | fried shrimp recipe | 63 |
fried rice recipe | 286 | fried zucchini | 62 |
fried rice | 262 | fried shrimp | 59 |
chicken fried kentucky menu | 169 | kentucky fried movie | 58 |
chicken fried steak | 155 | canada chicken fried kentucky | 57 |
recipe for fried green tomato | 144 | country fried steak with | 56 |
kentucky fried chicken recipe | 136 | fried banana | 55 |
deep fried turkey | 126 | fried squash | 55 |
chicken coupon fried kentucky | 115 | fried twinkies | 54 |
chicken fried steak recipe | 111 | chicken fried popeyes | 54 |
oven fried chicken | 106 | chicken deep fried | 52 |
fried ice cream | 99 | chicken fried recipe rice | 51 |
southern fried chicken | 88 | fried corn | 50 |
chicken fried rice | 79 | deep fried twinkies | 50 |
fried | 76 | fried okra | 50 |
fried frank | 70 | chinese fried rice | 50 |
fried turkey | 69 | fried fish | 49 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fried"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | skuqur, i skuqur (erubescent, flush, glowing, livid, red, red-hot). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقلي (crackling, frying pan), محمر (blush, red, reddish, roasted). (various references) | |
Basque | frijituta. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | пържен. (various references) | |
Catalan | fregit. (various references) | |
Chamorro | madoya (fried banana). (various references) | |
Chinese | 油煎 (fry, FRYING). (various references) | |
Czech | smažený. (various references) | |
Danish | forstegte,dybfrosne pomfritter (pre-fried frozen potato), sauce til pommes frites (sauce for fried potatoes), pommes frites (fried potato chips). (various references) | |
Dutch | fritessaus (sauce for fried potatoes), voorgebakken diepvriesfrites (pre-fried frozen potato), nasi goreng (fried rice), nasi (fried rice). (various references) | |
Estonian | praetud. (various references) | |
Finnish | paistettuna. (various references) | |
French | frits, frite, frit, fretin (Fry), faire frire (deep fry, Fry), têtard (Fry). (various references) | |
French Canadian | frit. (various references) | |
German | gebraten (roast, roasted). (various references) | |
Greek | αόρ. του fry, τηγανιτός, τηγανητόσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מטוגן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sült (baked, Fry, roast). (various references) | |
Icelandic | steikt. (various references) | |
Indonesian | gorengan, goreng. (various references) | |
Italian | fritto (Fry), fritte, tegame (pan, panful, skillet), arrosto (roast). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 空揚げ , 空揚 , 唐揚げ , 唐揚 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | からあげ. (various references) | |
Korean | 튀기는 (Flipped, spattered, splashed). (various references) | |
Manx | ooghyn freeghit (fried eggs). (various references) | |
Maya | tzahbil-kaax (fried chicken). (various references) | |
Mohawk | ka'wahrakehrìta (fried meat), kahnenna'takehrìta (fried potatoes). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iedfray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fritos, frito. (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | fritos. (various references) | |
Romanian | cartofi prãjiţi (fried potatoes). (various references) | |
Russian | жареный (grilled, toasted). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pečen (baked, roast). (various references) | |
Slovene | ocvrto. (various references) | |
Somali | shiilay. (various references) | |
Spanish | frito (frit). (various references) | |
Swahili | ikaangwe. (various references) | |
Swedish | stekt (roast). (various references) | |
Tagalog | prito. (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งทอดในน้ำมัน. (various references) | |
Tswana | gadikilweng. (various references) | |
Turkish | yağda kızarmış, tava (broiler, frier, fryer, frying pan, pan, skillet), sarhoş (bacchant, beery, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, bombed, boozed, boozer, boozy, canned, cockeyed, corked, drunk, drunkard, drunken, groggy, high, intoxicated, jagged, lit, lit up, loaded, nappy, oiled, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, queer, screwed, sloshed, smashed, sodden, sot, sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stewed, stiff, stinking, stinko, stoned, tanked, tight, under the influence, under the influence of drink, under the weather, well oiled, winy, woozy, zonked), kızarmış (angry, bloodshot, blotchy, grilled, roasted). (various references) | |
Turkmen | piюme (r) (fried bread), patrak (fried corn). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | смажений (grilled, roast). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | frixa, frixam, frixum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 23, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | EiV touV artouV thV proqesewV eiV thn semidalin thV qusiaV kai eiV ta lagana ta azuma kai eiV thganon kai eiV thn pefuramenhn kai eiV pan metron |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sacerdotes autem super panes propositionis et ad similae sacrificium et ad lagana et azyma et sartaginem et ad ferventem similam et super omne pondus atque mensuram |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Both for the show-bread, and for the fine flour for meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures; |
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| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 23, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Alang sa tinapay nga gipamutang sa atubangan sa Dios usab, ug sa fino nga harina sa halad-nga-kalan-on, kun sa walay levadura nga mga tinapay nga malingin, kun ang giluto ba sa kalaha, kun ang gituslob ba, ug sa tanang paagi sa pagtakus ug gidak-on; |
| Croatian | oko prinesenih hljebova, oko sitnog brašna za prinos, oko beskvasnih kolaèa pripravljenih na tavi i u ulju zamiješenih i oko mjera za sadržaj i dužinu; |
| Danish | de skal sørge for Skuebrødene, Melet til Afgrødeofrene, de usyrede Fladbrød, Panden, Dejgen og alle Rum- og Længdemål; |
| Dutch | Te weten tot het brood der toerichting, en tot de meelbloem ten spijsoffer, en tot ongezuurde vladen, en tot de pannen, en tot het gerooste, en tot alle mate en afmeting; |
| Finnish | näkyleivistä, ruokauhriin tarvittavista lestyistä jauhoista, happamattomista ohukaisista, leivinlevystä ja jauhosekoituksesta sekä astia- ja pituusmitoista; |
| French | des pains de proposition, de la fleur de farine pour les offrandes, des galettes sans levain, des gâteaux cuits sur la plaque et des gâteaux frits, de toutes les mesures de capacité et de longueur: |
| German | und zum Schaubrot, zum Semmelmehl für das Speisopfer, zu den ungesäuerten Fladen, zur Pfanne, zum Rösten und zu allem Gewicht und Maß |
| Haitian Creole | Yo te reskonsab pen yo te ofri bay Bondye yo, farin frans yo sèvi pou fè ofrann yo, pen san ledven yo, ofrann farin melanje ak lwil yo. Se yo ki te reskonsab peze ak mezire ofrann nan Tanp lan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka juga bertanggung jawab atas yang berikut ini: roti yang dipersembahkan kepada Allah, tepung yang dipakai untuk persembahan kepada TUHAN, kue tipis yang dibuat tanpa ragi, kurban panggangan, dan tepung yang dicampur dengan minyak zaitun. Mereka harus juga menimbang dan menakar persembahan-persembahan yang dibawa ke Rumah TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan akan roti sajian dan akan tepung halus persembahan makanan dan akan apam fatir dan akan barang yang dibakar dan yang dipanggang dan akan segala sukatan dan ukuran; |
| Italian | al pane dell'offerta, alla farina, all'offerta, alle focacce non lievitate, alle cose da cuocere sulle graticole e da friggere e a tutte le misure di capacità e di lunghezza. |
| Maori | Ara o te taro aroaro, o te paraoa mo te whakahere totokore, o nga keke rewenakore, o te mea i tunua ki te paraharaha, o te mea i paraipanatia, o nga mea katoa e mehuatia ana, e ruritia ana; |
| Norwegian | både med skuebrødene og det fine mel til matofferet og med de usyrede brødleiver og med hellene og med det mel som skulde knaes, og med alle hulmål og lengdemål; |
| Portuguese | cuidando dos pães da proposição, e da flor de farinha para a oferta de cereais, quer seja de bolos ázimos, quer seja do que se assa na panela, quer seja do que é misturado com azeite, e de toda sorte de medidas e pesos; |
| Rumanian | de pknile pentru punerea knaintea Domnului, de floarea de fqinq pentru darurile de mkncare, de plqcintele fqrq aluat, de turtele coapte kn tigae wi de turtele prqjite, de toate mqsurile de kncqpere wi de lungime; |
| Russian | ДМС ОБВМАДЕОЙС ЪБ ИМЕВБНЙ РТЕДМПЦЕОЙС Й РЫЕОЙЮОПА НХЛПА ДМС ИМЕВОПЗП РТЙОПЫЕОЙС Й РТЕУОЩНЙ МЕРЕЫЛБНЙ, ЪБ РЕЮЕОЩН, ЦБТЕОЩН Й ЪБ ЧУСЛПА НЕТПА Й ЧЕУПН, |
| Swedish | vare sig det gällde skådebröden eller det fina mjölet till spisoffret eller de osyrade tunnkakorna eller plåtarna eller det hopknådade mjölet, eller något mått och mål, |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fried": friedcake, friedcakes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fried": belfried, panfried, refried. (additional references) | |
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"Fried" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Farideh, fied, frade, fraid, fraved, Fredi, fredo, freeds, Freedy, freex, freexd, frei, Freij, freiz, friae, frid, fride, Fridee, Frideh, frie, friedl, friedn, frieds, friehd, friej, friek, friem, frien, friez, friged, friget, friked, frild, frio, froad, Frode, froide, frted, Frued, fruid, Fruidem, fryde, fryed, fryud, furied. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fried" (pronounced frī"d or frē"d) |
| 3 | -r ī" d | astride, bride, cried, decried, deride, dried, pride, pried, retried, ride, stride, tried, untried. |
| 4 | f r ē" d | freed. |
| 3 | -r ē" d | agreed, Brede, breed, creed, decreed, degreed, disagreed, greed, misread, Reed, reread, screed. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: fired. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-f-i-r" | |
-1 letter: defi, dire, fire, ired, reif, ride, rife. | |
-2 letters: die, fed, fer, fid, fie, fir, ire, red, ref, rei, rid, rif. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, ef, er, id, if, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-f-i-r" | |
+1 letter: defier, differ, faired, fervid, finder, firmed, fridge, friend, frized, redfin, refind, riffed, rifled, rifted. | |
+2 letters: briefed, daffier, debrief, defiers, defiler, definer, deifier, deiform, differs, direful, drifted, drifter, edifier, faddier, farside, ferried, fibered, fiddler, fielder, figured, finders, firedog, flinder, flirted, foredid, fridges, friends, frigged, frilled, fringed, frisked, fritted, frizzed, fruited, grifted, perfidy, redfins, redfish, reedify, refiled, refinds, refined, refired, refixed, refried, reified, riffled, serifed, trifled, unfired. | |
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