Past tense of fry
regular verb
The past tense of fry is fried. The past participle is also fried.
Forms of fry
| Base form (V1) | fry /fɹaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fried /fɹaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | fried /fɹaɪd/ |
| Present participle | frying /ˈfɹaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | fries /fɹaɪz/ |
Fried in a sentence
- Taking drugs for years fried his brain.
- Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.From the entry mince
- The cook fried the hamburger patty, then put it in a bun.From the entry patty
- I jazzed up a supermarket pizza with olives and fried onions.From the entry jazz up
- He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled.From the entry fried
Meaning of fry
- verb To cook (something) in hot fat.
- verb To cook in hot fat.
- verb To simmer; to boil.
Questions about the past tense of fry
- What is the past tense of fry?
- The past tense of fry is fried.
- What is the past participle of fry?
- The past participle of fry is fried.
- Is fry a regular or irregular verb?
- Fry is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fry (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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