Main Entry: ¹fry

Pronunciation: \ˈfrī\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): fried; fry·ing

Etymology: Middle English frien, from Anglo-French frire, from Latin frigere to roast; akin to Greek phrygein to roast, fry, Sanskrit bhṛjjati he roasts

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 1 : to cook in a pan or on a griddle over heat especially with the use of fat
2 slang : electrocute 1
3 : to damage or destroy (an electrical device or its circuitry) by overheating especially as a result of unusually high voltageintransitive verb 1 : to undergo frying
2 : to get very hot or burn as if being fried <bodies frying on the beach>