'Fry' definitions:
Definition of 'Fry'
(from WordNet)
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]
Definition of '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]
Definition of 'Fry'
From: GCIDE
- Fry \Fry\, n.
- 1. A dish of anything fried. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fry'
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]
Definition of 'Fry'
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]
Synonyms of 'fry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alevin,
- bake,
- barbecue,
- baste,
- be in heat,
- benthon,
- benthos,
- blanch,
- blaze,
- bloom,
- boil,
- braise,
- brew,
- broil,
- brood,
- brown,
- burn,
- casserole,
- cetacean,
- choke,
- clutch,
- coddle,
- combust,
- cook,
- course,
- cover,
- culinary masterpiece,
- culinary preparation,
- curry,
- devil,
- dish,
- do,
- do to perfection,
- dolphin,
- entree,
- farrow,
- fingerling,
- fire,
- fish,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fricassee,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- game fish,
- gasp,
- get,
- glow,
- griddle,
- grill,
- grilse,
- hatch,
- heat,
- incandesce,
- kipper,
- litter,
- Loch Ness monster,
- main dish,
- man-eater,
- man-eating shark,
- marine animal,
- minnow,
- minny,
- nekton,
- nest,
- oven-bake,
- pan,
- pan-broil,
- panfish,
- pant,
- parboil,
- parch,
- plankton,
- poach,
- porpoise,
- prepare,
- prepare food,
- radiate heat,
- roast,
- salmon,
- saute,
- scald,
- scallop,
- scorch,
- sea monster,
- sea pig,
- sea serpent,
- sea snake,
- sear,
- seethe,
- shark,
- shimmer with heat,
- shirr,
- side dish,
- simmer,
- smolder,
- smolt,
- smother,
- spark,
- spat,
- spawn,
- sponge,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stir-fry,
- suffocate,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- toast,
- tropical fish,
- whale,
- young
Words containing 'Fry'
- Fried,
- Fries,
- Frying,
- fri,
- Fri'ableness,
- Fries, VA,
- Frying pan,
- christopher fry,
- fish fry,
- french fries,
- fried egg,
- fried rice,
- fry bread,
- fry cook,
- home fries,
- roger fry,
- small fry,
- stir fry,
- batter-fried,
- chinese fried rice,
- deep-fried,
- deep-fry,
- electric frying pan,
- french-fry,
- pan-fry,
- roger eliot fry,
- deep-fat-fry,
- french-fried potatoes,
- home-fried potatoes