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PAN-FRY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
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
Example:
pan-fry the dumplings
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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
