1
: cooked in hot oil or butter : cooked by frying
fried eggs
fried chicken
fried dough
2
: damaged or destroyed by an electrical surge or malfunction
The man behind the counter hooked up my computer to another machine and then gave me the bad news. "I'm afraid your hard drive is fried," the technician said.—
Tom McNichol
Tom McNichol3
US, informal
a
: intoxicated, high
… too fried on crystal meth to be gambling on a game of pool, but doing it nonetheless.—Joseph Wambaugh
Joseph Wambaugh… what about that time you got fried at the frat house after the big game against State and the judge fined you $50 and costs for dropping quarts of beer in paper bags out the second-floor window?—Russell Baker
Russell Baker
b
: mentally exhausted
At dinner after the book signing, he's fried, barely able to converse.—Rick Martin
Rick MartinAfter spending about 14 hours on ESPN Radio, SportsCenter and espn.com, Gammons was completely fried.—Rich Eisen
Rich EisenExamples of fried in a Sentence
Sorry, I'm just fried today.
grew up in a family in which Dad got fried on every weekend and holiday
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The burritos are filled with home fries-ish bits of potato, cheddar cheese, three eggs cooked on the griddle, sausage or fried bacon.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
For brunch, there are the likes of Stillhouse Eggs Benedict with fried green tomatoes, Koko’s Biscuits & Gravy, and Chicken & Waffles.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Begin with a platter of oysters, maybe the frogs’ legs in garlic butter and then the 16-ounce strip steak or Pat’s fried chicken.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The toasted cheddar street chalupas have cheddar cheese baked into the fried shells.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
For brunch, there are the likes of Stillhouse Eggs Benedict with fried green tomatoes, Koko’s Biscuits & Gravy, and Chicken & Waffles.
—Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Begin with a platter of oysters, maybe the frogs’ legs in garlic butter and then the 16-ounce strip steak or Pat’s fried chicken.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The toasted cheddar street chalupas have cheddar cheese baked into the fried shells.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fried
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“Fried.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fried. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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