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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fry \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye
   spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare
   tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o],
   seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of any fish.

   2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or
      small things in general.

            The fry of children young.            --Spenser.

            To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.
                                                  --Milton.

            We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and
            twenty small fry.                     --Walpole.

Fry \Fry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast,
   parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.]
   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 \Fry\, v. i.
   1. 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.

   2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]

            With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden

            The frothy billows fry. --Spenser.

   3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a
      sensation of heat.

            To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon.

   4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]

            What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.
                                                  --Fairfax.

Source : WordNet®

Fry
     n 1: English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: {Roger Fry},
           {Roger Eliot Fry}]
     2: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born
        1907) [syn: {Christopher Fry}]
     3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
        children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British
        term for youngsters" [syn: {child}, {kid}, {youngster}, {minor},
         {shaver}, {nipper}, {small fry}, {tiddler}, {tike}, {tyke},
         {nestling}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

fry
     
        1. To fail.  Said especially of smoke-producing hardware
        failures.  More generally, to become non-working.  Usage:
        never said of software, only of hardware and humans.  See
        {fried}, {magic smoke}.
     
        2. To cause to fail; to {roach}, {toast}, or {hose} a piece of
        hardware.  Never used of software or humans, but compare
        {fried}.
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