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fry
1[ frahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to 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.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
- Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
noun
- 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.
fry
2[ frahy ]
noun
- 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.
Fry
3[ frahy ]
noun
- Christopher, 1907–2005, English playwright.
Fry
1/ ڰɪ /
noun
- FryChristopher19072005MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatist 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)
- FryElizabeth17801845FEnglishPOLITICS: prison reformerRELIGION: Quaker Elizabeth . 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
- FryRoger Eliot18661934MEnglishARTS AND CRAFTS: criticARTS AND CRAFTS: painter 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 éԲԱ (1927)
- FryStephen (John)1957MBritishWRITING: writerTHEATRE: actorTHEATRE: comedian Stephen ( John ). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
fry
2/ ڰɪ /
verb
- whentr, sometimes foll by up to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
- informal.intr to be excessively hot
- slang.to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
noun
- a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal
pig's fry
- a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
- informal.the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
fry
3/ ڰɪ /
plural noun
- the young of various species of fish
- the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
- young children See also small fry
Other 51Թ Forms
- ڰa· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fry1
Origin of fry2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fry1
Origin of fry2
Example Sentences
After being handed a mock-up of McDonald's Island, featuring chicken nuggets dancing around a skirted Big Mac under french fry palm trees, Johnson rattled off a rapid-fire series of self-referential jokes about the show's history.
I have a special place in my heart for home cooked fried okra.
You just fry it up at intense heat in the pan and hopefully it kills the bacteria.
“We shared it with some curly fries and a Sprite, ice cold.”
But then, almost as an afterthought, I added fried shallots.
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