PAN-FRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pan-fry mean? 

• PAN-FRY (verb)
  The verb PAN-FRY has 1 sense:

1. fry in a pan

  Familiarity information: PAN-FRY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAN-FRY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pan-fry    ... he / she / it pan-fries   
Past simple: pan-fried   
Past participle: pan-fried   
-ing form: pan-frying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fry in a pan

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

pan-fry the dumplings

Hypernyms (to "pan-fry" is one way to...):

fry (cook on a hot surface using fat)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs pan-fry the vegetables