Fry
Fry (frī) , transitive verb
[Old English frien, French frire, from Latin frigere to roast, parch, fry, compare Greek {not transcribed}, Sanskrit bhrajj. Compare Fritter.]
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.
Fry , intransitive verb
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. [Obsolete]
With crackling flames a caldron fries.
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.
4.
To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obsolete]
What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.
Fry , noun
1.
A dish of anything fried.
2.
A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloquial]
Fry , noun
[Old English fri, fry, seed, descendants, compare Old French froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, from Latin fricare tosub (see Friction), but compare also Icelandic fra, frjō, seed, Swedish & Danish fro, Gothic fraiw seed, descendants.]
1.
(Zoology) 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.
To sever... the good fish from the other fry.
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry.