fry

(frī)

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).

1. To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.
2. Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair.

1. A French fry. Often used in the plural.
2. A dish of a fried food.
3. A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry.

(frī)

1. a. Small fish, especially young, recently hatched fish.
   b. The young of certain other animals.
2. Individuals, especially young or insignificant persons: “These pampered public school boys . . . had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving” (Noel Annan).

(frī), Christopher 1907-2005.