fry

fry · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To cook food in hot fat or oil.

  2. 2.

    (informal) To destroy or damage something with heat or electricity.

  3. 3.

    (as noun) Young fish, especially when newly hatched.

  4. 4.

    (as noun, usually "fries") Fried potato strips; French fries.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    small fry — unimportant people or things; young children
  • •
    out of the frying pan into the fire — from a bad situation to a worse one
  • •
    have other/bigger fish to fry — to have more important things to do

Related words

Antonyms: bake, boil, steam
See also: cook, fried, frying, saute
Synonyms: deep-fry, pan-fry, saute

Etymology

From Old French frire ("to fry"), from Latin frigere ("to roast, fry").