fry
1to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
a dish of something fried.
a piece of french-fried potato.
a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors: a fish fry.
Origin of fry
1Other words from fry
- fry·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with fry
- friable, fryable
Other definitions for fry (2 of 3)
a young fish: a salmon fry.
a young animal of certain other kinds, as frogs and oysters.
a person, especially a young or unimportant one: The prime minister had to bank on the cooperation of lesser fry.
Origin of fry
2Other definitions for Fry (3 of 3)
Christopher, 1907–2005, English playwright.
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British Dictionary definitions for fry (1 of 3)
/ (fraɪ) /
(when tr, sometimes foll by up) to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
(intr) informal to be excessively hot
slang, mainly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry
US and Canadian a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
British informal the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
Origin of fry
1British Dictionary definitions for fry (2 of 3)
/ (fraɪ) /
the young of various species of fish
the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
young children: See also small fry
Origin of fry
2British Dictionary definitions for Fry (3 of 3)
/ (fraɪ) /
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)
Elizabeth . 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
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)
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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