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Definitions for Fries

[1] plural of fry1.
[2] Informal . fried potatoes.
[3] 3rd person singular present indicative of fry1.
[4] Charles Carpenter, 1887–1967, U.S. linguist.
[5] to cook in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
[6] Slang . to execute by electrocution in an electric chair.
[7] to undergo cooking in fat or oil.
[8] Slang . to die by electrocution in an electric chair.
[9] a dish of something fried.
[10] a piece of french-fried potato.
[11] a party or gathering at which the chief food is fried, frequently outdoors: a fish fry.
[12] the young of fish.
[13] the young of various other animals, as frogs.
[14] people; individuals, especially children: games that are fun for the small fry.
[15] another name for French fried potatoes
[16] Christopher . 1907–2005, English dramatist; author of the verse dramas A Phoenix Too Frequent (1946), The Lady's Not For Burning (1948), and Venus Observed (1950)
[17] Elizabeth . 1780–1845, English prison reformer and Quaker
[18] Roger Eliot . 1866–1934, English art critic and painter who helped to introduce the postimpressionists to Britain. His books include Vision and Design (1920) and Cézanne (1927)
[19] Stephen (John ). born 1957, British writer, actor, and comedian; his novels include The Liar (1991) and The Stars' Tennis Balls (2000)
[20] (when tr, sometimes foll by up ) to cook or be cooked in fat, oil, etc, usually over direct heat
[21] (intr) informal to be excessively hot
[22] slang , mainly US to kill or be killed by electrocution, esp in the electric chair
[23] a dish of something fried, esp the offal of a specified animal pig's fry
[24] US and Canadian a social occasion, often outdoors, at which the chief food is fried
[25] British informal the act of preparing a mixed fried dish or the dish itself
[26] the young of various species of fish
[27] the young of certain other animals, such as frogs
[28] young children See also small fry

Words related to Fries

brown, sizzle, sear, singe, fricassee, frizzle

Words nearby Fries

friends, romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, friendsgiving, friendship, friendswood, frier, fries, friese-greene, friesian, friesland, frieze, friezing

Origin of Fries

y21325–75; Middle English frie, fry seed, descendant, perhaps < Old Norse frjō seed; cognate with Swedish frö, Gothic fraiw seed

Words that may be confused with Fries

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, fryfriable, fryable

Other words from Fries

fry·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Fries

yC14 (in the sense: young, offspring): perhaps via Norman French from Old French freier to spawn, rub, from Latin fricāre to rub

Synonyms for Fries

brown, fricassee, frizzle, sear, singe, sizzle, french fry, pan fry, sauté