unfry
unfry verb: to reverse the process of frying.
Verb
unfry (third-person singular simple present unfries, present participle unfrying, simple past and past participle unfried)
- To reverse the process of frying.
- In one sequence, a light bulb in frying pan turns into an egg that, by the use of reverse motion, seems to unfry itself and leap back into the shell […]2001, Bruce Charles Posner, Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-garde Film 1893-1941
- Building a green house is about as easy as unfrying an egg.2009 September 20, Fred A. Bernstein, “Buildings Easy on the Earth, and the Eyes”, in New York Times
Forms of unfry
| third-person singular present | unfries |
|---|---|
| present participle | unfrying |
| past participle | unfried |
| past | unfried |
Origin of unfry
From un- + fry.
Words that rhyme with unfry
Questions about unfry
- What does unfry mean?
- Unfry means to reverse the process of frying.
- What part of speech is unfry?
- Unfry is a verb.
- What is the past tense of unfry?
- The past tense of unfry is unfried.
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