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| 1. | [ verb ] be excessively hot | |
| Examples: | "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" |
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| Related terms: | heat | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) cook on a hot surface using fat | |
| Examples: | "fry the pancakes" |
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| Related terms: | cook frizzle saute stir_fry deep-fat-fry griddle french-fry pan-fry cooking frying | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (theater,writing) English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) | |
| Synonyms: | christopher_fry | |
| Related terms: | dramatist | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (law) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | |
| Synonyms: | electrocute | |
| Examples: | "The serial killer was electrocuted" |
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| Related terms: | kill execute electrocution | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (fine art,work) English painter and art critic (1866-1934) | |
| Synonyms: | roger_fry roger_eliot_fry | |
| Related terms: | painter art_critic bloomsbury_group | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 870 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty) | |
| Synonyms: | child kid youngster minor tike tyke tiddler small_fry nipper nestling shaver | |
| Examples: | "she writes books for children" "they're just kids" "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters" |
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| Related terms: | juvenile urchin orphan kiddy changeling boy_wonder buster preschooler pickaninny schoolchild silly toddler foster_child waif imp foster-child bairn sprog peanut poster_child child's_body | |
| Similar spelling: |
Frye Frey fray Fr Fryou Freya Fri Frew Frei Free Frau |
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