fry.
A method of cooking food.
Meaning & usage
A method of cooking food. To cook (something) in hot fat.
I am frying the eggs.
A method of cooking food. To cook in hot fat.
The eggs are frying.
A method of cooking food. To simmer; to boil.
To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. To suffer because of too much heat.
You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. To execute, or be executed, by the electric chair.
He's guilty of murder: he's going to fry.
To affect or be affected by extreme heat or current. To destroy (something, usually electronic), often with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.
Taking drugs for years fried his brain.
To entertain (a person) greatly; to make to laugh thoroughly.
This joke is absolutely frying me.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.? Latin frīgō Old French frirebor. Middle English fryen English fry Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).
A long, thin fried piece of cut potato.
A long, thin fried piece of other foods.
halloumi fries
A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
The liver of a lamb.
A lamb or calf testicle.
A state of excitement.
to be in a fry
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵ-der.? Latin frīgō Old French frirebor. Middle English fryen English fry Inherited from Middle English fryen, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin frīgō. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγω (phrúgō, “to roast, bake”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast, grill, fry”). Replaced native Middle English hirsten, from Old English hierstan (“to fry”). Related to bhurji, bhujia (“fried Indian snacks”).
Young fish; fishlings.
Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
A swarm, especially of something small.
a fry of children
The spawn of frogs.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frie (“spawn of fish, young or small fish, offspring, progeny, children”), probably from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiwą (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prey- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌹𐍅 (fraiw, “seed”). Likely merging with Old French froiz, froie (“spawn, spawning”), from froier, freier (“to spawn”), from Latin fricō (“to rub”). Compare friable.
A kind of sieve.
A drain, usually made of brushwood.
Where this word comes from
Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).
To make a brushwood drain.
Where this word comes from
Dialectal, of obscure origin. Perhaps related to or a corruption of frith (“a wood, forest", also "brushwood, wattle”), from Middle English fryth, frith (“forest, woodland, a fence of brush or wattle, hedge”).
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