Definition of fry Fry
/fɹajˈ/ - [fray] - Fry
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| fry - English painter and art critic (1866-1934) | ||
| Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry | ||
| fry - English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) | ||
| Christopher Fry | ||
| 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, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, nestling | ||
| juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed | ||
| child's body the body of a human child | ||
| bairn a child: son or daughter | ||
| buster a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster" | ||
| 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 young animal without a mother | ||
| peanut pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms | ||
| 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, tot, yearling a young child | ||
| urchin poor and often mischievous city child | ||
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| fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" | ||
| cook transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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" | ||
| fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" | ||
| heat up, hot up, heat make more intense; "Emotions were screwed up" | ||
| fry - kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" | ||
| electrocute | ||
| kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fry (Noun)
Usually in plural fries mainly Canada and US A fried potato. - fry (Noun)
A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. - fry (Noun)
A state of excitement. - fry (Noun)
Offspring; progeny; children; brood. - fry (Noun)
Young fish; fishlings. - fry (Noun)
A swarm, especially of something small a fry of children. - fry (Noun)
The spawn of frogs. - fry (Verb)
To cook something in hot fat. - fry (Verb)
To cook in hot fat. - fry (Verb)
To suffer because of too much heat. - fry (Verb)
To be executed by the electric chair . - fry (Verb)
To destroy something, usually electronic with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fry (v. t.)
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. - fry (v. i.)
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. - fry (v. i.)
To simmer; to boil. - fry (v. i.)
To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. - fry (v. i.)
To be agitated; to be greatly moved. - fry (n.)
The young of any fish. - fry (n.)
A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fry
To cook in hot fat.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fry
frī, v.t. to dress food with oil or fat in a pan over the fire: to vex.—v.i. to undergo the action of heat in a frying-pan: to simmer: (Spens.) to boil:—pr.p. fry′ing; pa.p. fried.—n. a dish of anything fried.—n. Fry′ing-pan, a flat iron vessel or pan for frying with.—Out of the frying-pan into the fire, out of one evil or danger merely to fall into a greater. [Fr. frire—L. frigĕre; cf. Gr. phrygein.] -
fry
frī, n. a swarm of fishes just spawned: a number of small things.—Small fry, small things collectively, persons or things of little importance. [M. E. fri—Ice. frió; Dan. and Sw. frö.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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fry
Young fishes.
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