Fries vs. Fry

Friesnoun

strips of potato fried in deep fat

Fryverb

A method of cooking food.

Fryverb

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.

‘I am frying the eggs.’;

Fryverb

(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.

‘The eggs are frying.’;

Fryverb

To be affected by extreme heat or current.

Fryverb

To suffer because of too much heat.

‘You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.’;

Fryverb

To be executed by the electric chair.

‘He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.’;

Fryverb

To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.

‘If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.’;

Frynoun

A fried strip of potato.

Frynoun

A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

Frynoun

A state of excitement.

‘to be in a fry’;

Frynoun

Offspring; progeny; children; brood.

Frynoun

Young fish; fishlings.

Frynoun

(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.

‘a fry of children’;

Frynoun

The spawn of frogs.

Frynoun

A kind of sieve.

Frynoun

A drain.

Fryverb

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.

Fryverb

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.

Fryverb

To simmer; to boil.

‘With crackling flames a caldron fries.’; ‘The frothy billows fry.’;

Fryverb

To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.

‘To keep the oil from frying in the stomach.’;

Fryverb

To be agitated; to be greatly moved.

‘What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.’;

Frynoun

A dish of anything fried.

Frynoun

A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.

Frynoun

The young of any fish.

Frynoun

A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.

‘The fry of children young.’; ‘To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.’; ‘We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry.’;

Frynoun

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

Frynoun

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

Frynoun

a young person of either sex;

‘she writes books for children’; ‘they're just kids’; ‘`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters’;

Fryverb

be excessively hot;

‘If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried’;

Fryverb

cook on a hot surface using fat;

‘fry the pancakes’;

Fryverb

kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;

‘The serial killer was electrocuted’;