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Fry

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Noun

1. fry, roger eliot fry, roger fry

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

2. christopher fry, fry

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

3. child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster

a young person of either sex

Example Sentences:
'she writes books for children'
'they're just kids'
'tiddler' is a British term for youngster'

Verb

4. fry

be excessively hot

Example Sentences:
'If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried'

5. fry

cook on a hot surface using fat

Example Sentences:
'fry the pancakes'

6. electrocute, fry

kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

Example Sentences:
'The serial killer was electrocuted'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fry

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verbWord forms: fries, frying or fried
1. (when tr, sometimes foll by up)
to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
2. (intransitive) informal
to be excessively hot
3. slang, mainly US
to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
nounWord forms: plural fries
4. 
a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal
pig's fry
5. US and Canadian
a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
6. British informal
the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
plural noun
1. 
the young of various species of fish
2. 
the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
3. 
young children
See also small fry
noun
1. 
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)
2. 
Elizabeth. 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
3. 
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)
4. 
Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fry

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1. 
Christopher(born Christopher Hammond) 1907-2005; Eng. playwright
2. 
Elizabeth1780-1845; Eng. philanthropist & prison reformer
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: fried or ˈfrying
1. 
to cook or be cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in hot fat or oil
2.  Slang
to electrocute or be electrocuted
nounWord forms: plural fries
3. 
a. 
a fried food
b.  [pl.]
fried potatoes
4.  US
a social gathering, usually outdoors, at which food is fried and eaten
a fish fry
plural nounWord forms: singular fry
1. 
young fish
2. 
small adult fish, esp. when in large groups
3. 
young; offspring; children

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fry

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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: ordered fries as a side dish.
2. A dish of a fried food.
3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry.
n.
1. pl. fry
a. A recently hatched fish.
b. A young salmon living in fresh water that is older than an alevin and younger than a parr or smolt.
c. A young animal of certain other groups, such as frogs.
2. pl. fry or fries An individual, especially a young or insignificant person: "These pampered public school boys ... had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving" (Noel Annan).
British playwright who revitalized modern verse drama with his comic and religious works, such as A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946) and Curtmantle (1961).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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