frying

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.]

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"

Translations

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