1. v. & n.
--v. (fries, fried)
1. tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat.
2 tr. & intr. sl. electrocute or be electrocuted.
3 tr. (as fried adj.) sl. drunk.
--n. (pl. fries)
1. various internal parts of animals usu. eaten fried (lamb's fry).
2 a dish of fried food, esp. meat.
3 US a social gathering to eat fried food.
Phrases and idioms:
frying- (US fry-) pan a shallow pan used in frying. fry up heat or reheat (food) in a frying-pan. fry-up n. Brit. colloq. a dish of miscellaneous fried food. out of the frying-pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one.
Etymology: ME f. OF frire f. L frigere 2. n.pl.
1. young or newly hatched fishes.
2 the young of other creatures produced in large numbers, e.g. bees or frogs.
Phrases and idioms:
small fry people of little importance; children.
Etymology: ME f. ON frj{oacute}