fry: signification et définitions

To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: "a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components” ( Erik Sandberg-Diment).

To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

Slang To undergo execution in an electric chair.

A French fry. Often used in the plural.

A dish of a fried food.

A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten: a fish fry.

Small fish, especially young, recently hatched fish.

The young of certain other animals.

Individuals, especially young or insignificant persons: "These pampered public school boys . . . had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving” ( Noel Annan).