FRY, v.t. [L. frigo. Gr.] To dress with fat by heating or roasting in a pan over a fire; to cook and prepare for eating in a fryingpan; as, to fry meat or vegetables.FRY, v.i. 1. To be heated and agitated; to suffer the action of fire or extreme heat.2. To ferment, as in the stomach.3. To be agitated; to boil.FRY, n. 1. A swarm or crowd of little fish; so called from their crowding, tumbling and agitation. [L. ferveo.]2. A dish of any thing fried.3. A kind of sieve. [Not used in America.]
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