Fry (redirected from Fry, Roger (Eliot))

Fry  (fr), Christopher 1907-2005.

British playwright who revitalized modern verse drama with his comic and religious works, such as A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946) and Curtmantle (1962).

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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

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fry¹

v fry [frai]

to cook in hot oil or fat Shall I fry the eggs or boil them? bak, braai يَقْلي пържа (o)smažit stege; svitse braten τηγανίζω freír praadima سرخ کردن paistaa faire frire לְטָגֵן तलना frigati (olajban, zsírban) süt steikja friggere 揚げる 튀기다, 프라이하다 kepti cept (uz pannas) menggoreng bakken steke, surre i panne smażyć fritar a prăji жарить pražiť ocvreti pržiti steka ทอด (อาหาร) kızartmak 油煎 смажити(ся) چکنائی میں تلنا rán; chiên 油煎

n frying-pan

a shallow pan, usually with a long handle, for frying food in. braaipan قَلايَه، مِقْلاه тиган pánev stegepande die Bratpfanne τηγάνι sartén praepann ماهیتابه paistinpannu poêle à frire מַחֲבַת फ्राइंग पैन, उथली कडा़ही tava serpenyő penggorengan steikarpanna padella フライパン 튀김 냄비 keptuvė panna kuali bakpan stekepanne patelnia frigideira tigaie сковорода panvica ponev tiganj stekpanna กระทะ kızartma tavası 油炸鍋 пательня, сковорода فرائی پان chảo rán 油炸锅

out of the frying-pan into the fire

from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy – it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire. van die wal in die sloot مِن الصَّعب إلى الأصْعَب: مِن الدُّب إلى الجُب، من الدِّلفِه إلى المُزْراب от трън, та на глог z deště pod okap fra asken i ilden vom Regen in die Traufe από τη Σκύλλα στη Χάρυβδη de Guatemala a Guatepeor vihma käest räästa alla از چاله درآمدن و به چاه افتادن ojasta allikkoon de Charybde en Scylla מִן הַפָּח אֶל הַפַּחָת iz zla u gore csöbörből vödörbe lepas dari mulut harimau jatuh ke mulut buaya úr öskunni í eldinn dalla padella nella brace 小難を逃れて大難に陥る 여우를 피하려다 호랑이를 만나는 격인 nuo vilko bėgo, ant meškos užbėgo no vilka bēg, uz lāci krīt lepas dari mulut harimau masuk mulut buaya van de regen in de drup (komme) fra asken til ilden, fra vondt til verre z deszczu pod rynnę de mal a pior din lac în puţ из огня да в полымя z dažďa pod odkvap z dežja pod kap preći iz lošeg u gore ur askan i elden มีสภาพแย่ยิ่งกว่าเดิม yağmurdan kaçarken doluya tutulmak 跳出油鍋又入火炕 з вогню у полум'я ایک عذاب سے نکل کر دوسرے عذاب میں مبتلا ہونا tránh vỏ dưa gặp vỏ dừa 跳出油锅又入火炕