frying
/ˈfraɪɪŋ/
noun
- The process of cooking food in hot oil or fat.
- She prefers baking over frying because it uses less oil.
- The smell of frying filled the whole kitchen.
- Frying gives the chicken a crispy golden crust.
adjective
- Very hot, as if being cooked in a pan.
- The sidewalk was frying under the midday sun.
- The desert heat was frying, so we stayed in the shade.
- After an hour in the car without air conditioning, we were frying.
verb
- Present participle of fry; cooking in hot oil or fat.
- I was frying fish when the smoke alarm went off.
- The chef is frying onions until they are soft and brown.
- He is frying eggs for breakfast.
- Present participle of fry; being damaged or destroyed by excessive heat or electricity.
- The power surge was frying the computer's motherboard.
- Leaving the phone in direct sunlight was frying the battery.
- The lightning strike was frying the transformer down the street.