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Pronunciation : Fry
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.]
Definition : Defn: To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.

t. [imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fry
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.

2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden The frothy billows fry. Spenser.

3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.

4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fry
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A dish of anything fried.

2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Fry
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. fr?, frjo, seed, Sw. & Dan. fr?, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)

Defn: The young of any fish.

2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. The fry of children young. Spenser. To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913