- another name for French fried potatoes
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fries
(frīz),USA pronunciation n.
v.
Fries (frēz),USA pronunciation n.
- pl. of fry 1.
- Food[Informal.]fried potatoes.
v.
- 3rd pers. sing. pres. indic. of fry 1.
Fries (frēz),USA pronunciation n.
- Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
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fries /fraɪz/ pl n
fry1 /fraɪ/USA pronunciation
v., fried, fry•ing, n., pl. fries.
v.
n. [countable]
fry2 /fraɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. fry.
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- Foodto (cause to) undergo cooking in fat or oil, usually over direct heat: [~ + object]Let's fry some bacon and eggs.[~ + up + object]Let's fry up some bacon.[~ + object + up]Let's fry it up.[no object]The bacon and eggs fried.
n. [countable]
- Fooda strip of French-fried potato.
- a social gathering at which food is fried.
fry2 /fraɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. fry.
- Zoologythe young of fish.
- people, esp. children:games for small fry.
fry1
(frī),USA pronunciation v., fried, fry•ing, n., pl. fries.
v.t.
Fry (frī),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
- Foodto cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
- Slang Termsto execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
- Foodto undergo cooking in fat or oil.
- Slang Termsto die by electrocution in an electric chair.
- Fooda dish of something fried.
- Fooda piece of french-fried potato.
- a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors:a fish fry.
- Latin frīgere to fry
- Anglo-French, Old French frire
- 1250–1300; 1925–30 for def. 2; Middle English frien
v.i.
n.
- Zoologythe young of fish.
- Zoologythe young of various other animals, as frogs.
- people;
individuals, esp. children:games that are fun for the small fry.
- Old Norse frjō seed; cognate with Swedish frö, Gothic fraiw seed
- Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant, perh. 1325–75
Fry (frī),USA pronunciation n.
- Biographical Christopher, born 1907, English playwright.
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fry /fraɪ/ vb (fries, frying, fried)
- when tr, sometimes followed by up: to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
- slang chiefly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
- a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal: pig's fry
- Brit informal the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
fry /fraɪ/ pl n
- the young of various species of fish
- the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
- young children
See also small fry
'fries' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
belfry
- deep-fry
- dirty
- French fried potatoes
- fry
- fryer
- gallimaufry
- stir-fry
- American fried potatoes
- chip
- cottage fries
- country fries
- fish and chips
- freesia
- French fries
- frites
- German fries
- home fries
- O'Brien potatoes
- pan-fried potatoes
- pommes frites
- side