Fry

English

Verb

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Eggs, tomatoes and mushrooms being fried in a frying pan

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.
4. (intransitive, informal) To be executed by the electric chair.
5. (transitive, informal) To destroy (something-usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.

Noun

Fry (plural fries)

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

Synonyms

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

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