fry1

 
Pronunciation: /frʌɪ/

verb (fries, frying, fried)

[with object]
  • 1cook (food) in hot fat or oil, typically in a shallow pan: she fried a rasher of bacon, a sausage and a slice of bread I fried up some sardines
  • [no object] (of food) be cooked in hot fat or oil: put half a dozen steaks to fry in a pan
  • [no object] informal (of a person) burn or overheat: with the sea and sun and wind you’ll fry if you don’t take care
  • 2 informal destroy: drugs fry the brain
  • US execute or be executed by electrocution: [with object]: they fry cop killers in Texas [no object]: she had been convicted of murdering her husband, frying in Sing-Sing’s electric chair in 1928

noun (plural fries)

  • 1 (fries) French fries; chips.
  • 2 [in singular] a fried dish or meal: would you like a fry in the morning?
  • [mass noun] chiefly British any of various types of offal, usually eaten fried.
  • North American a social gathering where fried food is served: you’ll explore islands and stop for a fish fry

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French frire, from Latin frigere