Fry (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object), fried, fry·ing.
  1. to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
  2. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
verb (used without object), fried, fry·ing.
  1. to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
  2. to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
noun, plural fries.
  1. a dish of something fried.
  2. a piece of french-fried potato.
  3. a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors: a fish fry.
noun, plural fry for 1, 2; fry or fries for 3.
  1. a young fish: a salmon fry.
  2. a young animal of certain other kinds, as frogs and oysters.
  3. a person, especially a young or unimportant one: The prime minister had to bank on the cooperation of lesser fry.
noun
  1. English playwright.
verb fries, frying or fried
  1. to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
  2. to be excessively hot
  3. to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
noun plural fries
  1. a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal
  2. a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
  3. the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
pl n
  1. the young of various species of fish
  2. the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
  3. young children
noun
  1. Christopher . 1907–2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady's Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)
  2. Elizabeth . 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
  3. Roger Eliot . 1866–1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)
  4. Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
Fry (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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