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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fry \Fry\ (fr[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried} (fr[imac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.] To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fry \Fry\, v. i. 1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat. [1913 Webster] 2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden [1913 Webster] The frothy billows fry. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. [1913 Webster] To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fry \Fry\, n. 1. A dish of anything fried. [1913 Webster] 2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zool.) The young of any fish. [1913 Webster] 2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. [1913 Webster] The fry of children young. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. --Milton. [1913 Webster] We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. --Walpole. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: Fry n 1: English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: {Fry}, {Roger Fry}, {Roger Eliot Fry}] 2: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) [syn: {Fry}, {Christopher Fry}] 3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {youngster}, {minor}, {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke}, {fry}, {nestling}] v 1: be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" 2: cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" 3: kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" [syn: {electrocute}, {fry}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: fry 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See {fried}, {magic smoke}. 2. vt. To cause to fail; to {roach}, {toast}, or {hose} a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare {fried}.