fry 1 (fr?)v. fried (fr?d), fry·ing, fries (fr?z) v.tr.1. To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.2. Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: “a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components” (Erik Sandberg-Diment).v.intr.1. To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.2. Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair.n. pl. fries (fr?z) 1. A french fry: ordered fries as a side dish.2. A dish of a fried food.3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry.[Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin fr?gere.]fry 2 (fr?)n.1. pl. fry a. A recently hatched fish.b. A young salmon living in fresh water that is older than an alevin and younger than a parr or smolt.c. A young animal of certain other groups, such as frogs.2. pl. fry or fries An individual, especially a young or insignificant person: “These pampered public school boys … had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving” (Noel Annan).[Middle English fri, probably from Anglo-Norman frie, from Old French frier, froyer, to rub, spawn, from Latin fric?re, to rub.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.fry (fra?) vb, fries, frying or fried1. (Cookery) (when: tr, sometimes foll by up) to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat2. (intr) informal to be excessively hot3. slang chiefly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chairn, pl fries4. (Cookery) a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig’s fry. 5. (Cookery) US and Canadian a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried6. (Cookery) informal Brit the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself[C13: from Old French frire, from Latin fr?gere to roast, fry]fry (fra?) pl n1. (Zoology) the young of various species of fish2. (Zoology) the young of certain other animals, such as frogs3. young children. See also small fry[C14 (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fric?re to rub]Fry (fra?) n1. (Biography) Christopher. 1907?2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady’s Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)2. (Biography) Elizabeth. 1780?1845, English prison reformer and Quaker3. (Biography) Roger Eliot. 1866?1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)4. (Biography) Stephen (John). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars’ Tennis Balls (2000)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014fry1 (fra?) v. fried, fry?ing, v.t. 1. a. to cook in fat or oil usu. over direct heat. b. to pan-broil: to fry bacon. 2. Slang. to execute by electrocution in an electric chair. v.i. 3. to undergo cooking in fat or oil. 4. Slang. to die by electrocution in an electric chair. n. 5. a dish of fried food. 6. a strip of French-fried potato. 7. a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, often outdoors: a fish fry. [1250?1300; Middle English