Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fry
Participle: fried
Gerund: frying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fry |
| you | fry |
| he;she;it | fries |
| we | fry |
| you | fry |
| they | fry |
Perfect
| I | have fried |
| you | have fried |
| he;she;it | has fried |
| we | have fried |
| you | have fried |
| they | have fried |
Past
| I | fried |
| you | fried |
| he;she;it | fried |
| we | fried |
| you | fried |
| they | fried |
Pluperfect
| I | had fried |
| you | had fried |
| he;she;it | had fried |
| we | had fried |
| you | had fried |
| they | had fried |
Future
| I | will fry |
| you | will fry |
| he;she;it | will fry |
| we | will fry |
| you | will fry |
| they | will fry |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fried |
| you | will have fried |
| he;she;it | will have fried |
| we | will have fried |
| you | will have fried |
| they | will have fried |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fry |
| you | fry |
| he;she;it | fry |
| we | fry |
| you | fry |
| they | fry |
Perfect
| I | have fried |
| you | have fried |
| he;she;it | have fried |
| we | have fried |
| you | have fried |
| they | have fried |
Imperfect
| I | fried |
| you | fried |
| he;she;it | fried |
| we | fried |
| you | fried |
| they | fried |
Pluperfect
| I | had fried |
| you | had fried |
| he;she;it | had fried |
| we | had fried |
| you | had fried |
| they | had fried |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fry |
| you | would fry |
| he;she;it | would fry |
| we | would fry |
| you | would fry |
| they | would fry |
Perfect
| I | would have fried |
| you | would have fried |
| he;she;it | would have fried |
| we | would have fried |
| you | would have fried |
| they | would have fried |
Imperative
| you | fry |
| we | Let's fry |
| you | fry |
Verbs conjugated like 'fry'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fry'
cry,
dry,
fay,
fey,
fly,
fray,
pry,
try,
wry,
3rd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, from O.Fr.
frire, from L.
frigere "to roast or fry," from PIE
*bhreu- (cf. Skt.
bhrjjati "roasts,
bharjanah "roasting;" Pers.
birishtan "to roast;" Gk.
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).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.?
4. Latin frīgō
5. Old French frirebor.
6. Middle English fryen
7. English fry
8. Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).
Verbs referencing "fry"
Scots Gaelic
praidhig, Albanian
fërgoj, Portuguese
frigir, Bengali, Sadhu bhasha
ভাজা, Scots Gaelic
fraidhig.
Sample Sentences
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I am frying the eggs.
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The eggs are frying.
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With crackling flames a caldron fries. [1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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Ye might haue seene the frothy billowes fry [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]
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You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
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He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry.
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If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
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Taking drugs for years fried his brain.
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This joke is absolutely frying me.