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Definition of 'Fry'

noun

English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry]

noun

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) [syn: Fry, Christopher Fry]

noun

A young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling]

verb

Be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

verb

Cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"

verb

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" [syn: electrocute, fry]

From: GCIDE

Fry \Fry\, v. i.
1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat. [1913 Webster]
2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden [1913 Webster]
The frothy billows fry. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. [1913 Webster]
To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

From: GCIDE

Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] [1913 Webster]
1. (Zool.) The young of any fish. [1913 Webster]
2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. [1913 Webster]
The fry of children young. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Fry \Fry\ (fr[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried (fr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts. [1913 Webster]