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Definition fry

Etymology 1

From Middle English frien, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin fr?g? (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (phrúg?, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit ?????? (bh?jjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), ???? (bh?g, “the crackling of fire”)

Verb

fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)

  1. A method of cooking food.
    1. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
    2. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
  2. To be affected by extreme heat or current.
    1. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
    2. (intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
    3. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
Noun

fry (plural fries)

  1. (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.
  2. (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
  3. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.

Etymology 2

From Middle English fry (“seed, offspring”), from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiw? (“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 and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic ????? (fraiw, “seed”).

Noun

fry (uncountable)

  1. (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
  2. Young fish; fishlings.
  3. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
  4. (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.

Etymology 3

Dialectal, of obscure origin.

Noun

fry (plural fries)

  1. A kind of sieve.
  2. A drain.


Results 439 Words with the letters FRY

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9 letter words with the letters FRY 
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6 letter words with the letters FRY 
AERIFY 11
AFFRAY 14
ARGUFY 14
BARFLY 15
BELFRY 15
CRAFTY 14
DEFRAY 12
DRAFFY 15
DRAFTY 12
DRIFTY 12
FAIRLY 12
FAKERY 15
FERITY 11
FINERY 12
FIRMLY 15
FLAYER 12
FLEURY 13
FLIRTY 12
FLOURY 13
FLURRY 13
FLYERS 12
FORAYS 11
FORBYE 14
FOREBY 14
FORMYL 15
FORWHY 16
FOYERS 11
FRAYED 12
FREAKY 15
FREELY 12
FRENZY 21
FRETTY 11
FRIARY 11
FRILLY 13
FRINGY 14
FRISKY 15
FRIZZY 29
FROGGY 15
FROSTY 11
FROTHY 13
FROUZY 21
FROWSY 14
FROWZY 23
FRUITY 12
FRUMPY 18
FRYERS 11
FRYING 14
FRYPAN 15
GRUFFY 17
ORFRAY 11
PANFRY 15
PURIFY 15
RAMIFY 14
RAREFY 11
RARIFY 11
RATIFY 11
REDEFY 12
RIFELY 12
RUFFLY 16
SCURFY 15
VERIFY 15
WAFERY 14
5 letter words with the letters FRY 
FAERY 10
FAIRY 10
FARCY 13
FERLY 11
FERNY 11
FERRY 10
FEYER 10
FIERY 10
FIRRY 10
FLYER 11
FORAY 10
FORBY 13
FORKY 14
FORTY 10
FOYER 10
FRAYS 10
FRYER 10
FURRY 11
FURZY 20
REEFY 10
REFLY 11
REFRY 10
REIFY 10
SURFY 11
TURFY 11
4 letter words with the letters FRY 
FRAY 9
FURY 10
3 letter words with the letters FRY 
FRY 8

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