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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)
- A method of cooking food.
- To be affected by extreme heat or current.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- (intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.
- (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- (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)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
- (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Etymology 3
Dialectal, of obscure origin.
Noun
fry (plural fries)
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