fry

  • 11Fry — Fry, n. 1. A dish of anything fried. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12fry — ‘cook in fat’ [13] and fry ‘young fish’ [14] are quite distinct words. The former comes via Old French frire from Latin frīgere, a cooking term which covered what we would now distinguish as ‘roasting’ and ‘frying’. It goes back ultimately to… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 13fry — [v] cook in hot oil brown, french fry, fricassee, frizzle, pan fry, sauté, sear, singe, sizzle; concept 170 …

    New thesaurus

  • 14fry — ‘cook in fat’ [13] and fry ‘young fish’ [14] are quite distinct words. The former comes via Old French frire from Latin frīgere, a cooking term which covered what we would now distinguish as ‘roasting’ and ‘frying’. It goes back ultimately to… …

    Word origins

  • 15Fry — (spr. Frei), Elisabeth, geb. 21. Mai 1780 in Norwich, dritte Tochter des Gutsbesitzers u. Quäkers John Gurney, gründete auf ihrem väterlichen Gute als Mädchen eine Schule für arme Kinder, deren Aufsicht sie selbst führte. Anfangs lebensfroh u.… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 16fry-up — fry ups N COUNT A fry up is a meal consisting of a mixture of foods such as sausages, bacon, and eggs that have been fried. [BRIT, INFORMAL] …

    English dictionary

  • 17fry — Ⅰ. fry [1] ► VERB (fries, fried) 1) cook or be cooked in hot fat or oil. 2) informal (of a person) burn or overheat. ► NOUN (pl. fries) 1) a fried dish or meal …

    English terms dictionary

  • 18fry|er — «FRY uhr», noun. 1. a chicken intended for frying. 2. a person or thing that fries. 3. a pan used for frying. Also, frier …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 19Fry — (spr. frai), 1) Elisabeth, der »Engel der Gefängnisse« genannt, geb. 21. Mai 1780 in Earlham Hall bei Norwich als Tochter des Schloßbesitzers und Quäkers John Gurney, gest. 12. Okt. 1845 in Ramsgate, stiftete auf dem Familienlandsitz Plashet… …

    Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • 20Fry — (spr. frei), Elisabeth, engl. Philanthropin, geb. 21. Mai 1780 in der Grafsch. Norfolk, gest. 12. Okt. 1845 zu Ramsgate, um Verbesserung der Gefängnisse und des Loses der Gefangenen verdient. »Memoirs« (deutsch 1848) …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon