FRY (fried)

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Irregular inflected form: fried   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fry mean? 

• FRY (noun)
  The noun FRY has 3 senses:

1. English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

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

3. a young person of either sex

  Familiarity information: FRY used as a noun is uncommon.

• FRY (verb)
  The verb FRY has 3 senses:

1. be excessively hot

2. cook on a hot surface using fat

3. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

  Familiarity information: FRY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Fry; Roger Eliot Fry; Roger Fry

Instance hypernyms:

painter (an artist who paints)

art critic (a critic of paintings)

Holonyms ("Fry" is a member of...):

Bloomsbury Group (an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Christopher Fry; Fry

Instance hypernyms:

dramatist; playwright (someone who writes plays)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A young person of either sex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster

Context example:

'tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Hypernyms ("fry" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Meronyms (parts of "fry"):

child's body (the body of a human child)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fry"):

buster (a robust child)

street child; waif (a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned)

urchin (poor and often mischievous city child)

bambino; toddler; tot; yearling (a young child)

sprog (a child)

silly (a word used for misbehaving children)

kindergartener; kindergartner; preschooler (a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten)

poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)

picaninny; piccaninny; pickaninny ((ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child)

peanut (a young child who is small for his age)

orphan (a child who has lost both parents)

kiddie; kiddy (informal term for a young child)

imp; monkey; rapscallion; rascal; scalawag; scallywag; scamp (one who is playfully mischievous)

foster-child; foster child; fosterling (a child who is raised by foster parents)

child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)

changeling (a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy)

bairn (a child: son or daughter)

• FRY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they fry    ... he / she / it fries   
Past simple: fried   
Past participle: fried   
-ing form: frying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be excessively hot

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "fry" is one way to...):

heat; heat up; hot up (gain heat or get hot)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cook on a hot surface using fat

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

fry the pancakes

Hypernyms (to "fry" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fry"):

frizzle (fry something until it curls and becomes crisp)

deep-fat-fry (fry in deep fat)

griddle (cook on a griddle)

pan-fry (fry in a pan)

deep-fry; french-fry (cook by immersing in fat)

stir fry (fry very quickly over high heat)

saute (fry briefly over high heat)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs fry the vegetables

Derivation:

frier; fryer (flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying)

frying (cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

electrocute; fry

Context example:

The serial killer was electrocuted

Hypernyms (to "fry" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to fry the prisoners

 Context examples 

After that Maria dropped back into her old obscurity and Martin began to notice the respectful manner in which he was regarded by the small fry of the neighborhood.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There are numerous small fry, but few who would handle so big an affair.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'Fry them in oil with a dressing of Gascony,' quoth he, and then swore at me because I had not been the cook.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I suppose—I never ventured to inquire, but I suppose—that Mrs. Crupp, after frying the soles, was taken ill.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

When dinner-time drew nigh, Catherine took a nice steak, which was all the meat she had, and put it on the fire to fry.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The test meal was equivalent to someone having a small hamburger, small fries, and a small ice cream shake with fruit, according to the scientists.

(Humans More Unique than Expected When It Comes to Digesting Fatty Meals, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

The findings are limited because data came from questionnaires that did not include certain types of meats (such as pork and lamb) and certain cooking methods (such as stewing and stir-frying).

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nitrosamines are also found in many foods, including fish, beer, fried foods, and meats.

(Nitrosamine, NCI Dictionary)

Apricot kernel oil is used for frying and cooking, in the cosmetic industry, and for skin care.

(Apricot Kernel Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Similarly, GM potatoes do not bruise easily and, on deep frying, produce less acrylamide, a potentially cancer-causing chemical.

(GM tech expands with more crops to more countries, SciDev.Net)