frying

fry ¹

 (frī)

v. fried (frīd), fry·ing, fries (frīz)

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 (frīz)

1. A french fry: ordered fries as a side dish.

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 frīgere.]

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fry ²

 (frī)

n.

1. pl. fry

a. A recently hatched fish.

b. A young salmon living in fresh water that is older than an alevin and younger than a parr or smolt.

c. A young animal of certain other groups, such as frogs.

2. pl. fry or fries An individual, especially a young or insignificant person: "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 Old French frier, froyer, to rub, spawn, from Latin fricāre, to rub.]

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frying

(ˈfraɪɪŋ)

n

1.

a. the act of cooking or being cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat

b. (as modifier): frying steak.

2. (as modifier): frying steak.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

frying - cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle sauteing 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"

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Translations

τηγάνισμα

cvrtje

frying

[ˈfraɪɪŋ]

A. N there was a smell of frying → olía a frito

B. CPD frying pan N → sartén f (m in LAm)
to jump out of the frying pan into the fire → salir de Guatemala para entrar en Guatepeor

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