frier² /frīˈər/ (Milton)

A friar

fry¹ /frī/

1. To cook in oil or fat, esp in a pan
2. To burn or scorch (often figurative)
3. To execute by electrocution (US sl)
4. To torture with heat (obsolete)

1. To undergo frying
2. To be executed by electrocution (US sl)
3. To foam (Spenser)

1. A dish of anything fried, esp the offal of a pig, lamb, etc
2. (in pl) fried potato chips

friˈer or fryˈer noun

1. A person who fries (esp fish)
2. A pan or container for frying
3. A fish or chicken suitable for frying

fryˈing noun and adjective

friedˈcake noun (US)

1. A cake fried in deep fat
2. A doughnut

fryˈing-pan noun

A broad, shallow pan for frying food in

fryˈ-up noun (informal)

Mixed fried foods, or the frying of these

fry in one's fat

To suffer the consequences of one's behaviour

out of the frying-pan into the fire

Out of one difficult situation into a worse

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