fries Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun strips of potato fried in deep fat
   french fries; french-fried potatoes; chips.
   
2. noun English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
   Fry; Roger Fry; Roger Eliot Fry.
   
3. noun English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
   Christopher Fry; Fry.
   
4. noun a young person of either sex
   tiddler; nipper; tyke; small fry; nestling; youngster; child; fry; shaver; tike; minor; kid.
   
   • she writes books for children
   • they're just kids
   • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster
5. verb be excessively hot
   fry.
   
   • If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried
6. verb cook on a hot surface using fat
   fry.
   
   • fry the pancakes
7. verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
   electrocute; fry.
   
   • The serial killer was electrocuted

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