Fry

Definition of Fry

Pronunciation: frī

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Fried (frīd); p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.]
v. i.	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. With crackling flames a caldron fries. - Dryden The frothy billows fry.
	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. What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. - Fairfax.
n.	1.	A dish of anything fried.
	2.	A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.
	1.
	1.	(Zool.) 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.

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