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Webster 1913 Edition
Fry
Fry
(frī)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Fried
(frīd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Frying
.] [OE.
frien
, F. frire
, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry
, cf. Gr. [GREEK], Skr. bhrajj
. Cf. Fritter
.] 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
,Verb.
I.
1.
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.
2.
To simmer; to boil.
[Obs.]
With crackling flames a caldron
fries
. Dryden
The frothy billows
fry
. Spenser.
3.
To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.
To keep the oil from
frying
in the stomach. Bacon.
4.
To be agitated; to be greatly moved.
[Obs.]
What kindling motions in their breasts do
fry
. Fairfax.
Fry
,Noun.
1.
A dish of anything fried.
2.
A state of excitement;
as, to be in a
. fry
[Colloq.]
Fry
,Noun.
[OE.
fri
, fry
, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye
spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare
tosub (see Friction
), but cf. also Icel. fræ
, frjō
, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö
, Goth. fraiw
seed, descendants.] 1.
(Zool.)
The young of any fish.
2.
A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
The
fry
of children young. Spenser.
To sever . . . the good fish from the other
fry
. Milton.
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small
fry
. Walpole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fry
FRY
,Verb.
T.
To dress with fat by heating or roasting in a pan over a fire; to cook and prepare for eating in a fryingpan; as, to fry meat or vegetables.
FRY
, v.i.1.
To be heated and agitated; to suffer the action of fire or extreme heat.2.
To ferment, as in the stomach.3.
To be agitated; to boil.FRY
,Noun.
1.
A swarm or crowd of little fish; so called from their crowding, tumbling and agitation. [L. ferveo.]2.
A dish of any thing fried.3.
A kind of sieve. [Not used in America.]Definition 2024
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See also: Fry
English
Verb
Eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms being fried in a frying pan
fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
- (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
- He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:cook
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
to cook (something) in hot fat or oil
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(intransitive) cook in hot fat or oil
suffer because of too much heat
informal: be executed by the electric chair
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
- (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
- to be in a fry
Related terms
Synonyms
- (fried potato): chip (Australia, New Zealand, UK), fried potato
- (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc): fry-up
Translations
fried potato
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meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc
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Etymology 2
From Middle English fry (“seed, offspring”), from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”).
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:
- (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).
- (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Translations
young fish
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Dialectal, of obscure origin.
Noun
fry (plural fries)