transitive verb, intransitive verb fried, frying fry′·ing

1. to cook or be cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in hot fat or oil
2. Slang to electrocute or be electrocuted

Etymology: ME frien < OFr frire < L frigere, to fry < IE base *bher-, to bake, roast > Pers birištan, to fry

noun pl. fries

1. 1. a fried food
   2. fried potatoes
2. ☆ a social gathering, usually outdoors, at which food is fried and eaten a fish fry

plural noun sing. fry

1. young fish
2. small adult fish, esp. when in large groups
3. young; offspring; children

Etymology: ME frie, prob. a merging of ON frjo, seed, offspring (akin to Goth fraiw) with Anglo-Fr frei (Fr frai) < OFr freier, to rub, spawn < VL *frictiare < L fricare, to rub: see friable