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air-fry

air-fry verb: to cook with an air fryer.

Verb

air-fry (third-person singular simple present air-fries, present participle air-frying, simple past and past participle air-fried)

  1. (transitive) To cook with an air fryer.
  2. (transitive) To cook by circulating hot air.

Forms of air-fry

third-person singular presentair-fries
present participleair-frying
past participleair-fried
pastair-fried
alternative formair fry

Origin of air-fry

Back-formation from air fryer.

Questions about air-fry

What does air-fry mean?
Air-fry means to cook with an air fryer.
What part of speech is air-fry?
Air-fry is a verb.
What is the past tense of air-fry?
The past tense of air-fry is air-fried.

Words near air-fry in the dictionary

  1. air-freighted
  2. air-freighting
  3. air-freights
  4. air-fried
  5. air-fries
  6. air-fry
  7. air-frying
  8. air-gapped
  9. air-girl
  10. air-girls
  11. air-guitar

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