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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.
[Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere.]
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).
[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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fry
(fraɪ)vb, fries, frying or fried
1. (Cookery) (when: tr, sometimes foll by up) to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
2. (intr) informal to be excessively hot
3. slang chiefly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
n, pl fries
4. (Cookery) a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry.
5. (Cookery) US and Canadian a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
6. (Cookery) informal Brit the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
[C13: from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere to roast, fry]
fry
(fraɪ)pl n
1. (Zoology) the young of various species of fish
2. (Zoology) the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
3. young children. See also small fry
[C14 (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fricāre to rub]
Fry
(fraɪ)n
1. (Biography) Christopher. 1907–2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady's Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)
2. (Biography) Elizabeth. 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
3. (Biography) Roger Eliot. 1866–1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)
4. (Biography) Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
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fry1
(fraɪ)v. fried, fry•ing, v.t.
1.
a. to cook in fat or oil usu. over direct heat.
b. to pan-broil: to fry bacon.
2. Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
v.i. 3. to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
4. Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
n. 5. a dish of fried food.
6. a strip of French-fried potato.
7. a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, often outdoors: a fish fry.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French frire < Latin frīgere to roast]
fry′a•ble, adj.
fry2
(fraɪ)n., pl. fry.
1. the young of fish.
2. the young of various other animals, as frogs.
3. individuals, esp. children: games for the small fry.
[1325–75; Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant]
Fry
(fraɪ)n.
Christopher, born 1907, English playwright.
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Fry
the young or brood of fishes or other animals or insects, including oysters and bees; people held in contempt collectively—Johnson, 1755. See also brood, swarm.Examples: fry of authors, 1641; of bees [young bees], 1577; of Christmas books, 1861; of Catholics, 1607; of ditches, 1600; of eel spawn; of fish [young], 1389; of foul decays; of gnats, 1613; of islands, 1652; of oysters [young].
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
fry
Past participle: fried
Gerund: frying
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
fry
To cook food in fat or oil over direct heat.
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| Noun | 1. | Fry - English painter and art critic (1866-1934) Bloomsbury Group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles |
| 2. | Fry - English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) | |
| 3. |  fry - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"child's body - the body of a human child juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed bairn - a child: son or daughter buster - a robust child 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" kiddy - a young child orphan - a child who has lost both parents peanut - a young child who is small for his age 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" silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly" sprog - a child urchin - poor and often mischievous city child street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" | |
| Verb | 1. | fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" |
| 2. | fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" 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" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" 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" | |
| 3. | fry - kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
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Translations
يَقْليصِغار السَّمَك
smažitpotěr
stegesvitsefiskeyngelsmåfisk
paistaapaistuaranskalaiset perunatsulaakäristää
pržiti
smáfiskarsteikja
油で揚げる
튀기다
ceptmazuļi
frytkausmażyć
rybia násada
cvreti
steka
ทอด
kızartmakyavru sürüsü
rán
fry
1 [fraɪ]A. VT (Culin) → freír
B. VI → freírse
C. N → fritada f
fry
2 [fraɪ] N (Fishing) → pececillos mplsee also small D
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Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fry
1pl (= fish) → kleine Fische pl
fry
2vt
meat etc → (in der Pfanne) braten; to fry an egg → ein Spiegelei machen, ein Ei in die Pfanne schlagen
(US inf: = electrocute) → auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hinrichten
vi
(meat etc) → braten; we’re absolutely frying in this heat (inf) → wir schmoren (in dieser Hitze) (inf)
(US inf) → auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hingerichtet werden
n (US) → Barbecue nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fry1
(frai) verb to cook in hot oil or fat. Shall I fry the eggs or boil them?
ˈfrying-pan , (American) ˈfry-pan noun a shallow pan, usually with a long handle, for frying food in.
out of the frying-pan into the fire from a difficult or dangerous situation into a worse one. His first marriage was unhappy but his second was even more unhappy – it was a real case of out of the frying-pan into the fire.
fry2
(frai) noun a swarm of young, especially of fish.
small fry unimportant people or things. The local politicians are just small fry.
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fry
→ يَقْلي smažit stege braten τηγανίζω freír paistaa frire pržiti friggere 油で揚げる 튀기다 frituren steke usmażyć fritar жарить steka ทอด kızartmak rán 油炸Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fry
v. freír.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
fry
vt (pret & pp fried) freírEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.