fry
- Verb. (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- Verb. (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- Verb. (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- Verb. (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
- Verb. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- Noun. (''usually in plural'' '''fries''') (''mainly Canada and US'') A fried potato.
- Noun. (context, Ireland) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- Noun. (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
- Noun. (obsolete) Offspring, progeny.
- Noun. Young fish.
- Noun. (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small (''a fry of children'').
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