n.
Pronunciation: ' fr ī
Function: verb
Inflected Form: fried ; fry · ing
Etymology: Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bh ṛ jjati he roasts
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 : to cook in a pan or on a griddle over heat especially with the use of fat
2 slang : ELECTROCUTE 1
3 : to damage or destroy (an electrical device or its circuitry) by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltage
intransitive verb
1 : to undergo frying
2 : to get very hot or burn as if being fried <bodies fry ing on the beach>