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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Midtown Global Market’s Irie Jamaican serves oxtail (jerk or barbecue) with festival (a sweet, fried bread); sweet plantains; coconut shrimp skewers; and a ginger and hibiscus drink.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
The finalists included a fried pickle ranch Whopper, a maple bourbon Whopper and a Mexican street corn Whopper.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
Opened by chef Alisa Reynolds in 2013, the restaurant became a neighborhood favorite thanks to a Southern comfort menu that’s informed by Reynolds’ L.A. upbringing, including turkey meatloaf, grit fries and BLT sandwiches with fried green tomatoes.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Either way, flushed, fried skin can derail your plans and make everything from dressing to sleeping feel miserable.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 7 July 2025
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Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 9 July 2025
The finalists included a fried pickle ranch Whopper, a maple bourbon Whopper and a Mexican street corn Whopper.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
Opened by chef Alisa Reynolds in 2013, the restaurant became a neighborhood favorite thanks to a Southern comfort menu that’s informed by Reynolds’ L.A. upbringing, including turkey meatloaf, grit fries and BLT sandwiches with fried green tomatoes.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Either way, flushed, fried skin can derail your plans and make everything from dressing to sleeping feel miserable.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 7 July 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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