Definitions for fry
fraɪfry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Frynoun

   English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

2. Fry, Christopher Frynoun

   English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

3. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestlingverb

   a young person of either sex

   "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

4. fryverb

   be excessively hot

   "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

5. fryverb

   cook on a hot surface using fat

   "fry the pancakes"

6. electrocute, fryverb

   kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

   "The serial killer was electrocuted"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Frynoun

   Etymology: from froe, foam, Danish. Skinner.

   1. The swarm of little fishes just produced from the spawn.

   They come to us, but us love draws;
   He swallows us, and never chaws:
   By him, as by chain’d shot, whole ranks do die;
   He is the tyrant pike, and we the fry. John Donne.

   Forthwith the sounds and seas, each creek and bay,
   With fry innumerable swarm, and shoals
   Of fish, that with their sins and shining scales
   Glide under the green wave in sculls, that oft
   Bank the mid-sea. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.

   The angler had the hap to draw up a very little fish from among the fry. Roger L'Estrange.

   So close behind some promontory lie
   The huge leviathans, t’ attend their prey;
   And give no chace, but swallow in the fry,
   Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way. Dryd.

   2. Any swarm of animals; or young people in contempt.

   Out of the fry of these rakehell horseboys, growing up in knavery and villany, are their kern continually supplied and maintained. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

   Them before the fry of children young,
   Their wanton sports and childish mirth did play,
   And to the maidens sounding timbrels sung. Fairy Queen.

   Draw me no constellations there,
   Nor dog, nor goat, nor bull, nor bear;
   Nor any of that monstrous fry
   Of animals that stock the sky. John Oldham.

   The young fry must be held at a distance, and kept under the discipline of contempt. Jeremy Collier, on Pride.

2. Frynoun

   A kind of sieve.

   He dresseth the dust from malt, by running it through a fan or fry. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

3. Frynoun

   A dish of things fried.

   Etymology: from froe, foam, Danish. Stephen Skinner.

4. To FRYverb

   To dress food by roasting it in a pan on the fire.

   Etymology: frigo, Lat. ffrio, Welsh; frijck, Erse.

5. To Fryverb

   1. To be roasted in a pan on the fire.2. To suffer the action of fire.

   So when with crackling flames a cauldron fries,
   The bubbling waters from the bottom rise;
   Above the brims they force their fiery way,
   Black vapours climb aloft, and cloud the day. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. To melt with heat.

   Spices and gums about them melting fry,
   And, phenix like, in that rich nest they die. Edmund Waller.

   4. To be agitated like liquor in the pan on the fire.

   Oil of sweet almonds, newly drawn with sugar, and a little spice, spread upon bread toasted, is an excellent nourisher; but then, to keep the oil from frying in the stomach, drink mild beer after it. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   Where no ford he finds, no water fries,
   Nor billows with unequal murmurs roar,
   But smoothly slide along, and swell the shoar,
   That course he steer’d. John Dryden, Æn.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRY

   Serbia and Montenegro (Serbian: Cрбија и Црна Гора, romanized: Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) which bordered Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Albania to the southwest. The state was founded on 27 April 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known as FR Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia which comprised the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. In February 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed from a federal republic to a political union until Montenegro seceded from the union in June 2006, leading to the full independence of both Serbia and Montenegro. Its aspirations to be the sole legal successor state to SFR Yugoslavia were not recognized by the United Nations, following the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 777, which affirmed that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had ceased to exist, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a new state. All former republics were entitled to state succession while none of them continued SFR Yugoslavia's international legal personality. However, the government of Slobodan Milošević opposed any such claims, and as such, FR Yugoslavia was not allowed to join the United Nations. Throughout its existence, FR Yugoslavia had a tense relationship with the international community, as economic sanctions were issued against the state during the course of the Yugoslav Wars and Kosovo War. This also resulted in hyperinflation between 1992 and 1994. FR Yugoslavia's involvement in the Yugoslav Wars ended with the Dayton Agreement, which recognized the independence of the Republics of Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as establishing diplomatic relationships between the states, and a guaranteed role of the Serbian population within Bosnian politics. Later on, growing separatism within the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, a region of Serbia heavily populated by ethnic Albanians, resulted in an insurrection by the Kosovo Liberation Army, an Albanian separatist group. The outbreak of the Kosovo War reintroduced Western sanctions, as well as eventual Western involvement in the conflict. The conflict ended with the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, which guaranteed economic and political separation of Kosovo from FR Yugoslavia, to be placed under UN Administration.Economic hardship and war resulted in growing discontent with the government of Slobodan Milošević and his allies, who ran both Serbia and Montenegro as an effective dictatorship. This would eventually cumulate in the Bulldozer revolution, which saw his government overthrown, and replaced by one led by the Democratic Opposition of Serbia and Vojislav Koštunica, which also joined the UN.The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ended in 2003 after the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia voted to enact the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro, which established the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. As such, the name Yugoslavia was consigned to history. A growing independence movement in Montenegro, led by Milo Đukanović meant that the Constitution of Serbia and Montenegro included a clause allowing for a referendum on the question of Montenegrin independence, after a period of three years had passed. In 2006, the referendum was called, and passed, by a narrow margin. This led to the dissolution of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, and the establishment of the independent republics of Serbia and Montenegro, turning Serbia into a landlocked country. This can be considered the last act which finalized the dissolution of Yugoslavia.

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1. fry

   Fry refers to the act of cooking food by immersing it in hot oil or fat, which is usually done over direct heat. The term can also refer to young, small, recently hatched fish or other water-dwelling animals.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fryverb

   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

2. Fryverb

   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

3. Fryverb

   to simmer; to boil

4. Fryverb

   to undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat

5. Fryverb

   to be agitated; to be greatly moved

6. Frynoun

   the young of any fish

7. Frynoun

   a swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general

8. Etymology: [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. , Skr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.]

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1. Fry

   Fry was a Formula Two constructor from the United Kingdom. The team was founded by David Fry and Alec Issigonis, whose previous employer John Parkes at Alvis brought his son Mike Parkes as a development driver. The car, built to Formula 2 specifications, was fitted with a Coventry Climax engine and was constructed with several advanced concepts, featuring a semi-monocoque design, an extreme forward driving position and a shark fin on its rear. The Fry F2 made its début appearance in June 1958 at Brands Hatch, with Parkes finishing its first race sixth at the Crystal Palace circuit. Appearing in a number of Formula Two events throughout 1958 and 1959, the car was entered for the Formula One 1959 British Grand Prix. Parkes did not qualify for the race, setting the 27th fastest time, and the car was not entered for another World Championship Grand Prix. The car participated in several more races, before the final appearance with a second place finish at the Brands Hatch Boxing Day event.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fry

   frī, v.t. to dress food with oil or fat in a pan over the fire: to vex.—v.i. to undergo the action of heat in a frying-pan: to simmer: (Spens.) to boil:—pr.p. fry′ing; pa.p. fried.—n. a dish of anything fried.—n. Fry′ing-pan, a flat iron vessel or pan for frying with.—Out of the frying-pan into the fire, out of one evil or danger merely to fall into a greater. [Fr. frire—L. frigĕre; cf. Gr. phrygein.]

2. Fry

   frī, n. a swarm of fishes just spawned: a number of small things.—Small fry, small things collectively, persons or things of little importance. [M. E. fri—Ice. frió; Dan. and Sw. frö.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fry

   1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke. 2. vt. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fry

   Young fishes.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fryverb

   (of food) be cooked in a pan that contains fat or oil; sizzle.

   The mozzarella sticks were frying in the pan.

   
   

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 29, 2022  

2. ---

   fryverb

   cook in a pan that contains fat or oil.

   We fried some mozzarella sticks!

   
   

   Submitted by zakaria1409 on June 29, 2022  

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1. FRY

   What does FRY stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FRY acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FRY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Fry is ranked #909 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Fry surname appeared 38,029 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 13 would have the surname Fry.
   
   91% or 34,641 total occurrences were White.
   3.1% or 1,190 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 890 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 666 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.1% or 434 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 209 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Art Critic
   • Cook
   • Cookery
   • Dramatist
   • Heat Up
   • Kill
   • Painter

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How to pronounce fry?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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How to say fry in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of fry in a Sentence

1. Michael Cimarusti:

   I was back east in Wellfleet [ Cape Cod ] a couple weeks ago, eating at one of those simple places that serves essentially a very naive style of cooking -- and, yes, the food was very basic -- but it was also some of the best fish'n chips I've ever had, from a fry mix.

2. Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith:

   From my experience, groups like The New Black Panther Party are smart, they point their guns in the air and don’t look Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith in the eye and say ‘ I ’m going to kill Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith, ’ but say ‘ pigs in blanket, ’ or ‘ need to fry some bacon. ’.

3. Mayor Antonio Cando Halili:

   I have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people.

4. Mayor Antonio Cando Halili:

   No one is safe – mayors, governors, congressmen – just a false intelligence report by the police can end up with any of them being destroyed, i have a feeling they (police) are going after the small fry to frighten the people.

5. Kim Jung-suk:

   Kangwon Land does better and better as small fry keep coming, there's no off-season.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fry
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fry
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fry
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fry
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fry
8. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Fry
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=fry
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fry