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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fry1 /fraɪ/USA pronunciation v., fried, fry•ing, n., pl. fries. v. - Foodto (cause to) undergo cooking in fat or oil, usually over direct heat: [~ + object]Let's fry some bacon and eggs.[~ + up + object]Let's fry up some bacon.[~ + object + up]Let's fry it up.[no object]The bacon and eggs fried.
n. [countable] - Fooda strip of French-fried potato.
- a social gathering at which food is fried.
fry2 /fraɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. fry. - Zoologythe young of fish.
- people, esp. children:games for small fry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fry1 (frī),USA pronunciation v., fried, fry•ing, n., pl. fries. v.t. - Foodto cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
- Slang Termsto execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
v.i. - Foodto undergo cooking in fat or oil.
- Slang Termsto die by electrocution in an electric chair.
n. - Fooda dish of something fried.
- Fooda piece of french-fried potato.
- a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors:a fish fry.
- Latin frīgere to fry
- Anglo-French, Old French frire
- 1250–1300; 1925–30 for def. 2; Middle English frien
fry′a•ble, adj.
fry2 (frī),USA pronunciation n., pl. fry. - Zoologythe young of fish.
- Zoologythe young of various other animals, as frogs.
- people;
individuals, esp. children:games that are fun for the small fry.
- Old Norse frjō seed; cognate with Swedish frö, Gothic fraiw seed
- Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant, perh. 1325–75
Fry (frī),USA pronunciation n. - Biographical Christopher, born 1907, English playwright.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fry /fraɪ/ vb (fries, frying, fried)- when tr, sometimes followed by up: to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
- slang chiefly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
n ( pl fries)- a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry
- Brit informal the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere to roast, fry fry /fraɪ/ pl n - the young of various species of fish
- the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fricāre to rub |