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Fishling vs. Fry

Fishling and Fry Definitions

Fishling

A small or young fish; fry.

Fry

To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

Fry

(Slang) To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current
"a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components" (Erik Sandberg-Diment).

Fry

To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.

Fry

(Slang) To undergo execution in an electric chair.

Fry

A french fry
Ordered fries as a side dish.
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Fry

A dish of a fried food.

Fry

A social gathering at which food is fried and eaten
A fish fry.

Fry

A recently hatched fish.

Fry

A young salmon living in fresh water that is older than an alevin and younger than a parr or smolt.

Fry

A young animal of certain other groups, such as frogs.

Fry

Pl. fry or fries An individual, especially a young or insignificant person
"These pampered public school boys ... had managed to evade the long prison sentences that lesser fry were serving" (Noel Annan).
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Fry

A method of cooking food.

Fry

(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
I am frying the eggs.

Fry

(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
The eggs are frying.

Fry

(obsolete) to simmer; to boil

Fry

To be affected by extreme heat or current.

Fry

To suffer because of too much heat.
You'll fry if you go out in this sun with no sunblock on.
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Fry

To be executed by the electric chair. Category:en:Capital punishment
He's guilty of murder — he's going to fry.

Fry

To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
If you apply that much voltage, you'll fry the resistor.

Fry

A fried piece of cut potato.

Fry

A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.

Fry

The liver of a lamb.

Fry

A lamb or calf testicle.

Fry

A state of excitement.
To be in a fry

Fry

Young fish; fishlings.

Fry

Offspring; progeny; children; brood.

Fry

(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
A fry of children

Fry

The spawn of frogs.

Fry

A kind of sieve.

Fry

A drain.

Fry

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

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.

Fry

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

Fry

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

Fry

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

Fry

A dish of anything fried.

Fry

A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.

Fry

The young of any fish.

Fry

A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.
The fry of children young.
To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.
We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and twenty small fry.

Fry

English painter and art critic (1866-1934)

Fry

English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)

Fry

A young person of either sex;
She writes books for children
They're just kids
`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters

Fry

Be excessively hot;
If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried

Fry

Cook on a hot surface using fat;
Fry the pancakes

Fry

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair;
The serial killer was electrocuted

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