fry

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: FryRoger FryRoger Eliot FryChristopher Frychildkidyoungsterminorshavernippersmall frytiddler

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. English painter and art critic (1866-1934)Synonyms: FryRoger FryRoger Eliot Fry
  2. English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)Synonyms: FryChristopher Fry
  3. a young person of either sex“she writes books for children”“they're just kids”“`tiddler' is a British term for youngster”Synonyms: childkidyoungsterminorshavernippersmall frytiddlertiketykenestling

Verb (3)

  1. be excessively hot“If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried”
  2. cook on a hot surface using fat“fry the pancakes”
  3. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair“The serial killer was electrocuted”Synonyms: electrocute
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fry \Fry\ (fr[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried (fr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts. [1913 Webster]
Fry \Fry\, v. i.

1.To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat. [1913 Webster]

2.To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

With crackling flames a caldron fries.— Dryden[1913 Webster]
The frothy billows fry.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

3.To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. [1913 Webster]

To keep the oil from frying in the stomach.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]

4.To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.— Fairfax.[1913 Webster]
Fry \Fry\, n.

1.A dish of anything fried. [1913 Webster]

2.A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] [1913 Webster]

1.(Zool.) The young of any fish. [1913 Webster]

2.A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. [1913 Webster]

The fry of children young.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]
To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry.— Walpole.[1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

fry

1.To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke.

2.To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.

The Jargon File

fry

1.vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke.

2.vt. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.

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