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verb

Fry v. t. (past & past part. fried; pres. part. frying) 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.

Fry v. i.

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.

To simmer; to boil. (Obs.) "With crackling flames a caldron fries." "The frothy billows fry."

To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat. "To keep the oil from frying in the stomach."

To be agitated; to be greatly moved. (Obs.) "What kindling motions in their breasts do fry."

Fried v. Imp. & p. p. of Fry.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fried" Quotes from Famous Books

... a bit of fat to fry it in," added the steward. "There's nothin' like tongue fried ...

— Fast in the Ice - Adventures in the Polar Regions • R.M. Ballantyne

... arrived at Kilmany Park William Pearson was absent, and his men were found to be living under a discipline so strict that his stock-keeper, Jimmy Rentoul, had no meat, and dared not kill any without orders; so McMillan and Davy fried the pigeons, and ate one each for supper. Next morning they shot some ducks for breakfast, and then proceeded on their journey. They called at Mewburn Park, arrived at Bushy Park (McMillan's own station), and Davy began making the sails the same ...

— The Book of the Bush • George Dunderdale

... crisp fried cakes greeted me, and in the center of the room beyond, I saw a table heaped high with the precious viands themselves! Truly it was Angel Food! Not the lily-white sort served and known as such at home, but ...

— The Greater Love • George T. McCarthy

... well toasted: Some larks that descended, mistaking the skies, Which Stella brought down by the light of her eyes; And there, like Narcissus,[3] they gazed till they died, And now they're to lie in some crumbs that are fried. My wine will inspire you with joy and delight, 'Tis mellow, and old, and sparkling, and bright; An emblem of one that you love, I suppose, Who gathers more lovers the older she grows.[4] Let me be your Gay, and let Stella be Pope, We'll wean you from sighing for England I hope; ...

— Poems (Volume II.) • Jonathan Swift

... the sun an' a-takin' keer o' my health," he said, and his eyes dropped hungrily to the corn pone and fried fish, but the boy shook his ...

— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.

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