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I. verb
(fried; frying)
Etymology: Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bhṛjjati he roasts
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1. to cook in a pan or on a griddle over heat especially with the use of fat
2. slang electrocute 1
3. to damage or destroy (an electrical device or its circuitry) by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltage
intransitive verb
1. to undergo frying
2. to get very hot or burn as if being fried <
bodies frying on the beach
>
II. noun
(plural fries)
Date: 1833
1. a social gathering or picnic where food is fried and eaten <a fish fry
>
2.
a. a dish of something fried
b. french fry — usually used in plural <a burger and fries
>
III. noun
(plural fry)
Etymology: Middle English, Anglo-French frie, from freier, frier to rub, spawn — more at fray
Date: 14th century
1.
a. recently hatched or juvenile fishes
b. the young of other animals
2. very small adult fishes
3. members of a group or class ; individuals <small fry
>
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fry — fry1 [frī] vt., vi. fried, frying [ME frien < OFr frire < L frigere, to fry < IE base * bher , to bake, roast > Pers birištan, to fry] 1. to cook or be cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in hot fat or oil 2.… … English World dictionary
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