Fry /(frī)/

imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying

1. 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.

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.
2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]

   With crackling flames a caldron fries.

   The frothy billows fry.

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

   To keep the oil from frying in the stomach.

4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]

   What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.

1. A dish of anything fried.
2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]

1. The young of any fish. (Zool.)
2. 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.