FRY, verb transitive [Latin frigo. Gr.] To dress with fat by heating or roasting in a pan over a fire; to cook and prepare for eating in a fryingpan; as, to fry meat or vegetables. FRY, verb intransitive 1. To be heated and agitated; to suffer the action of fire or extreme heat. 2. To ferment, as in the stomach. 3. To be agitated; to boil. FRY, noun 1. A swarm or crowd of little fish; so called from their crowding, tumbling and agitation. [Latin ferveo.] 2. A dish of any thing fried. 3. A kind of sieve. [Not used in America.]
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