Fry
WordNet
noun
(1) A young person of either sex
"She writes books for children"
"They're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
(2) English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
(3) English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
verb
(4) Cook on a hot surface using fat
"Fry the pancakes"
(5) Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
"The serial killer was electrocuted"
(6) Be excessively hot
"If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
from Old French frire, from Latin frigere (to roast or fry), Greek phrygein (to roast, bake),
from ProtoIndoEuropean *bhreu- (compare Sanskrit bhrjjati (roasts) bharjanah (roasting), German Braten) - ca. 1290
Verb
- To cook (something) in hot fat.
- To cook in hot fat.
- To suffer because of too much heat.
- You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
- To be executed by the electric chair.
- He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.
- To destroy (something-usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Noun
- (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
- A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
Synonyms
- (fried potato): chip (Australia, New Zealand, UK), fried potato
- (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc): fry-up
Etymology 2
from Anglo-French. frei, from Old French frai (spawn), from froier (to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand))
Noun
- Young fish.
- A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).