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frying

Verb

∙ present participle of fry

Noun

∙ The action of the verb fry.

fry

Verb

∙ To cook (something) in hot fat. transitive
∙ To cook in hot fat. intransitive
∙ To suffer because of too much heat. intransitive, colloquial
∙ To be executed by the electric chair. intransitive, informal
∙ To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current. transitive, informal

Noun

∙ (usually in plural fries) (mainly Canada and US) A fried potato.
∙ A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc. Ireland, Britain
∙ A state of excitement. colloquial, archaic

Noun

∙ Offspring; progeny; children; brood. now chiefly Britain dialectal
∙ Young fish; fishlings.
∙ A swarm, especially of something small (a fry of children). archaic
∙ The spawn of frogs. Britain dialectal

Noun

∙ A kind of sieve.
∙ A drain.