Collocations for "fried"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "fried" in context.
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fry
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- an order of fries
- would you like fries with that?
- a [large, small] fries
- does that come with fries?
- an [order, side] of fries
- there is only one last fry
- who wants the last fry?
- [chili, beer-battered, cheese] fries
- ate too many fries
- am really craving fries
- [hot, crispy] fries
- [eat, make] French fries
- [eat] a fish fry
- get out of here, small fry!
- fry [an egg, fish, potatoes, the meat]
- fry them in a [wok, frying pan, skillet]
- [has, have] been fried in [butter, olive oil, batter]
- has been fried [to perfection, until golden brown]
- [drugs, the heat] must have fried his brains
- [it] completely fried my nerves
- fried in the sun (all day)
'fried' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alligator
- appetizer
- bacon
- bass
- bleak
- board
- bread
- cell
- chicken
- clam
- cockroach
- dumpling
- egg
- eggplant
- faggot
- fillet
- fish
- flank
- flounder
- fry
- grilled
- haddock
- ice cream
- leek
- loin
- mackerel
- meat
- mushroom
- octopus
- oil
- onion
- oyster
- pepper
- perch
- potato
- quail
- rice
- rosemary
- sausage
- scallop
- seaweed
- shrimp
- sirloin
- sizzling
- soldier
- sole
- squid
- starter
- steak-fried
- thyme