Fry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fry	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Fry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Fry n English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry] English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) Synonym(s): Fry, Christopher Fry a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" Synonym(s): child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling v be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" Synonym(s): electrocute, fry
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[91], frj[d3], seed, Sw. & Dan. fr[94], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The young of any fish. 2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fry \Fry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. [?], Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fry \Fry\, v. i. 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. --Dryden The frothy billows fry. --Spenser. 3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon. 4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.] What kindling motions in their breasts do fry. --Fairfax.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
fry 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See {fried}, {magic smoke}. 2. vt. To cause to fail; to {roach}, {toast}, or {hose} a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare {fried}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
fry 1. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See {fried}, {magic smoke}. 2. To cause to fail; to {roach}, {toast}, or {hose} a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare {fried}.