Definition of Fry

1. Noun. English painter and art critic (1866-1934).

Exact synonyms: Roger Eliot Fry, Roger Fry
Group relationships: Bloomsbury Group
Generic synonyms: Art Critic, Painter

2. Verb. Be excessively hot. "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
Generic synonyms: Heat, Heat Up, Hot Up

3. Noun. English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907).
Exact synonyms: Christopher Fry
Generic synonyms: Dramatist, Playwright

4. Verb. Cook on a hot surface using fat. "The chefs fry the vegetables"; "Fry the pancakes"
Category relationships: Cookery, Cooking, Preparation
Generic synonyms: Cook
Specialized synonyms: Frizzle, Deep-fat-fry, Griddle, Pan-fry, Deep-fry, French-fry, Stir Fry, Saute
Derivative terms: Frier, Fryer, Frying

5. Noun. A young person of either sex. "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

6. Verb. Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair. "They want to fry the prisoners "; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
Exact synonyms: Electrocute
Generic synonyms: Kill
Derivative terms: Electrocution

Definition of Fry

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. n. A dish of anything fried.

4. n. The young of any fish.

Definition of Fry

1. Verb. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive informal) To be executed by the electric chair. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current. ¹

6. Noun. (''usually in plural'' '''fries''') (''mainly Canada and US'') A fried potato. ¹

7. Noun. (context: Ireland British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. ¹

8. Noun. (colloquial archaic) A state of excitement. ¹

9. Noun. (context: Now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood. ¹

10. Noun. Young fish; fishlings. ¹

11. Noun. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (''a fry of children''). ¹

12. Noun. (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fry

1. to cook over direct heat in hot fat or oil [v FRIED, FRYING, FRIES] : FRYABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Fry

1. Life stage of trout and salmon between full absorption of the yolk-sac and a somewhat arbitrarily defined fingerling or parr stage, which generally is reached by the end of the first summer. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fry

frutage
frutages
frutefull
frutescent
frutex
frutexes
fruticant
frutices
fruticose
fruticous
fruticulose
frutified
frutifies
frutify
frwy.
fry (current term)
fry-up
fry bread
fry breads
fry cook
fry up
fryable
frybread
frybreads
fryer
fryers
frying
frying pan
frying pans
fryingpan

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