fry

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.3.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: frī, IPA: /fɹaɪ/, SAMPA: /fraI/
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• Rhymes: -aɪ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French frire, from Latin frīgere (“‘to roast, fry’”), from Proto-Indo-European *bher-. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρύγειν (phrugein), “‘roast, bake’”).

[edit] Verb

to fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)

1. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
2. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
3. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.

   You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.

4. (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.

   He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.

5. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something-usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.

   If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.

[edit] Derived terms

• fried
• frying
• have other fish to fry

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[edit] Noun

fry (plural fries)

1. (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
2. (Irish, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

[edit] Synonyms

• (fried potato): chip (Australia, New Zealand, UK), fried potato
• (meal of fried sausages, bacon, etc): fry-up

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[edit] Etymology 2

from Anglo-French. frei, from Old French frai (spawn), from froier (to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand))

[edit] Noun

fry (plural fries)

1. Young fish.
2. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children).

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[edit] Derived terms

• small fry