fry

  • 41fry — 1. v. & n. v. (fries, fried) 1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat. 2 tr. & intr. sl. electrocute or be electrocuted. 3 tr. (as fried adj.) sl. drunk. n. (pl. fries) 1 various internal parts of animals usu. eaten fried (lamb s fry). 2 a dish …

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  • 42Fry — This interesting name has two possible sources, the first being as a variant of the nickname or status name Free from the Old English pre 7th Century word freo or frig meaning free (born) i.e., not a serf, not belonging to a lord. This source for …

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  • 43fry — v. (C) fry an egg for me; or: fry me an egg * * * [fraɪ] or: fry me an egg (C) fry an egg for me …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 44fry — 01. We [fried] the shrimp in oil and garlic. 02. You shouldn t eat so much [fried] food; it s not good for your health. 03. Make sure that you [fry] the hamburgers long enough so that they re not still red on the inside. 04. He woke up to the… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 45fry — {{11}}fry (n.) young fish, late 13c., from Anglo Fr. frei, from O.Fr. frai spawn, from froier to rub, spawn (by rubbing abdomen on sand). First applied to human offspring 14c. in Scottish, though OED and some other sources trace this usage to O.N …

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  • 46fry — 1 verb past tense and past participle fried 1 (I, T) to cook something in hot fat or oil, or to be cooked in hot fat or oil: Fry the onions until they are golden. 2 (I, T) AmE slang to kill someone, or to be killed, as a punishment in the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 47fry — 1. in. to die in the electric chair. (Underworld.) □ The DA is determined that you will fry. □ I don’t want to fry! 2. tv. to execute someone in the electric chair. (Underworld.) □ They’re gonna fry you for this …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 48fry — 1. verb /fɹaɪ/ a) To cook (something) in hot fat. Youll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on. b) To cook in hot fat. Hes guilty of murder mdash; hes going to fry …

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  • 49fry — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (usually fries) (esp. AmE) ⇨ See also ↑chip ADJECTIVE ▪ French ▪ curly ▪ frozen ▪ large, medium …

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  • 50fry up — PHRASAL VERB If you fry up food, you fry it, especially in order to make a quick, casual meal. [mainly BRIT] → See also fry up [V P n(not pron)] I fried up the beef... [V n P] She cuts and fries the mixture up into a potato doughnut called Quin… …

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