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fry ¹  (fr)

v. fried (frd), fry·ing, fries (frz)

v.tr.

1. To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

2. Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: "a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components" Erik Sandberg-Diment.

v.intr.

1. To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

2. Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair.

n. pl. fries (frz)

1. A French fry. Often used in the plural.

2. A dish of a fried food.

3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry.

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[Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frgere.]

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fry ²  (fr)

pl.n.

1.

a. Small fish, especially young, recently hatched fish.

b. The young of certain other animals.

2. Individuals, especially young or insignificant persons: "These pampered public school boys . . . had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving" Noel Annan.

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[Middle English fri, probably from Anglo-Norman frie, from frier, to rub, from Latin fricre.]

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fry ¹

Verb

[fries, frying, fried]

to cook or be cooked in fat or oil, usually over direct heat

Noun

pl fries

Also: (fry-up) Informal a dish of mixed fried food

See also fries [Latin frigere]

fryer
frier n

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fry ²

Noun, pl

1. the young of various species of fish

2. See small fry [Old French freier to spawn]

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Fry the young or brood of fishes or other animals or insects, including oysters and bees; people held in contempt collectively—Johnson, 1755. See also brood, swarm.

Examples: fry of authors, 1641; of bees [young bees], 1577; of Christmas books, 1861; of Catholics, 1607; of ditches, 1600; of eel spawn; of fish [young], 1389; of foul decays; of gnats, 1613; of islands, 1652; of oysters [young].

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Fry - English painter and art critic (1866-1934) Roger Eliot Fry, Roger Fry Bloomsbury Group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles
	2.	Fry - English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) Christopher Fry
	3.	fry - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, tyke child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy" foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"
Verb	1.	fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" heat up, hot up, heat - gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly"
	2.	fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" frizzle - fry something until it curls and becomes crisp deep-fat-fry - fry in deep fat; "deep-fry the potato chips" griddle - cook on a griddle; "griddle pancakes" pan-fry - fry in a pan; "pan-fry the dumplings" deep-fry, french-fry - cook by immersing in fat; "french-fry the potatoes" stir fry - fry very quickly over high heat; "stir-fry the vegetables in a wok" saute - fry briefly over high heat; "saute the onions"
	3.	fry - kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" electrocute kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

Translations

fry [pt, pp fried] [fraɪ, -d] vt → freír

n small fry → gente f menuda

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fry [fried , pt, pp ] [fraɪ, -d] vt → (faire) frire

n small fry → le menu fretin

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fry [fraɪ] [fried , pt, pp ] vt → braten see also small

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fry [pt fried, pp ] [fraɪ,-d] vt → friggere

npl the small fry → i pesci piccoli