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fry

1  [frahy] verb, fried, fry⋅ing, noun, plural fries.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
2. Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
–verb (used without object)
3. to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
4. Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
–noun
5. a dish of something fried.
6. a piece of french-fried potato.
7. a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors: a fish fry.
Origin:
1250–1300; 1925–30 for def. 2; ME frien < AF, OF frire < L frīgere to fry

Related forms:
fry⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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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. 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.


[Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
fry

  1. in.
    to die in the electric chair. (Underworld.) : The DA is determined that you will fry.
  2. tv.
    to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.) : They're gonna fry you for this.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fry  (n.)
"young fish," 1293, from Anglo-Fr. frei, from O.Fr. frai "spawn," from froier "to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand)." First applied to human offspring 14c. in Scot., though OED traces this usage to O.N. frjo, fræ "seed, offspring."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Encyclopedia

frying

the cooking of food in hot fats or oils, usually done with a shallow oil bath in a pan over a fire or as so-called deep fat frying, in which the food is completely immersed in a deeper vessel of hot oil. Because the food is heated through a greasy medium, some authorities consider frying to be technically a dry-heat cooking process.

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