Fry
Pronunciation
- enPR: frī, IPA: /fɹaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Origin 1
From Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frÄ«gere ("to roast, fry"), from Proto-Indo-European *bÊ°er-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φÏÏγω (phrugÅ, "I roast, bake"), Sanskrit à¤à¥ƒà¤œà¥à¤œà¥ (bhá¹›jjati, "to roast, grill, fry"), à¤à¥ƒà¤—ॠ(bhá¹›g, "the crackling of fire")
Verb
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
- (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
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Full definition of fry
Noun
fry
(plural fries)- (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
- (Ireland, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.to be in a fry
Synonyms
- (fried potato): chip (Australia, New Zealand, UK), fried potato
- (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc): fry-up
Origin 2
From Middle English fry ("seed, offspring"), from Old Norse frjó ("seed, semen"), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą ("seed, semen, offspring"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- ("to strew, sow"). Cognate with Icelandic frjó ("pollen, seed"), Icelandic fræ ("seed"), Swedish frö ("seed, embryo, grain, germ"), Danish frø ("seed"), Gothic (fraiw, "seed").
Noun
fry
(plural fries)- (Now chiefly UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:it is not possible for man to sever the wheat from the tares, the good fish from the other frie; that must be the Angels Ministery at the end of mortall things.
- (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).
- (UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.