Fry

/frai/
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Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To cook food in hot oil or fat: The primary meaning refers to the cooking method where food is submerged or cooked in hot fat, typically until browned and crisp.
    • To be cooked by frying: The word can also describe the state of the food itself undergoing this process.
    • (Slang) To be executed by electrocution: An informal, specific use referring to execution in an electric chair.
    • (Informal) To be or become extremely hot, especially from the sun: Used figuratively to describe overheating or sunburn.

  2. Noun:

    • Recently hatched fish; young fish: Refers to very young fish, especially when they are newly independent from the yolk sac.
    • (Informal) A social gathering where food is fried and eaten: Often used in compounds like "fish fry."
    • (Archaic/Slang) A young person or child: This usage is now rare or considered informal.
Examples

  • Verb:

    • She will fry the eggs in a little butter. (She will cook the eggs in hot butter.)
    • The onions are frying in the pan. (The onions are being cooked in hot oil.)
    • (Informal) If you don't wear sunscreen, you'll fry at the beach. (You will get severely sunburned.)

  • Noun:

    • The stream was teeming with salmon fry. (The stream was full of young salmon.)
    • The church is hosting a fish fry on Friday. (The church is holding an event where fried fish is served.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to fry up": To cook a meal, especially quickly, by frying.
    • I'll just fry up some bacon and eggs for breakfast.
  • "out of the frying pan and into the fire": An idiom meaning to go from a bad situation to a worse one.
    • Quitting that stressful job without another lined up was like jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Variants and Related Words
  • Fried (adj.): The past participle and adjective form describing food cooked by frying.
    • I love fried chicken.
  • Fryer (n.): A person who fries food or a deep pot used for frying.
    • He works as a fryer in the restaurant.
  • Frying (n./gerund): The action or process of cooking food in hot oil.
    • The frying of the doughnuts filled the kitchen with a sweet smell.
  • Stir-fry (v./n.): A specific cooking technique involving frying quickly while stirring in a wok.
    • For dinner, we made a vegetable stir-fry.
Synonyms
  • Sauté: To fry quickly in a small amount of oil, often while tossing.
  • Pan-fry: To fry in a pan with a small amount of fat.
  • Deep-fry: To fry by completely submerging food in hot oil.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Fry up: To cook something by frying, often a quick meal.
    • Can you fry up some potatoes to go with the steak?
Related Idioms
  • Have bigger/other fish to fry: To have more important or different things to do or deal with.
    • I can't worry about that minor issue now; I have bigger fish to fry.
  • Small fry:
    • Unimportant people or things.
      • Don't worry about those complaints; they're just small fry.
    • Young children.
      • The movie is suitable for the small fry.
Noun
  1. a young person of either sex
    • she writes books for children
    • they're just kids
    • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
  2. English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
  3. English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
Verb
  1. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
    • The serial killer was electrocuted
  2. cook on a hot surface using fat
    • fry the pancakes
  3. be excessively hot
    • If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried

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