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What does "fry" mean?

Fry: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To simmer; to boil. [Obs.] With crackling flames a caldron fries. Dryden The frothy billows fry. Spenser.
  2. 3.To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. Bacon.
  3. 4.To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. Fairfax.
  4. 5.A dish of anything fried.
  5. 6.A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
  6. 7.(Zoöl.) The young of any fish.
  7. 8.A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general. The fry of children young. Spenser. To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry. Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry. Walpole.

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