In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FRY
child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
(noun) a young person of either sex; âshe writes books for childrenâ; âtheyâre just kidsâ; ââtiddlerâ is a British term for youngsterâ
Fry, Christopher Fry
(noun) English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry
(noun) English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
fry
(verb) cook on a hot surface using fat; âfry the pancakesâ
electrocute, fry
(verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; âThe serial killer was electrocutedâ
fry
(verb) be excessively hot; âIf the children stay out on the beach for another hour, theyâll be friedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Fry
A surname.
Proper noun
FRY
(historical) Initialism of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Etymology 1
Verb
fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)
A method of cooking food.
(transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
(intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
To be affected by extreme heat or current.
(intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
(intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
(transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
Synonyms
• See also cook
Noun
fry (plural fries)
(usually, in the plural, fries, mainly, Canada, and US) A fried strip of potato.
Synonyms: chip, french fry
(Ireland, British) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
Synonym: fry-up
(colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
Etymology 2
Noun
fry (uncountable)
(now, chiefly, UK dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
Young fish; fishlings.
(archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
(UK dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Etymology 3
Dialectal, of obscure origin.
Noun
fry (plural fries)
A kind of sieve.
A drain.
Source: Wiktionary
Fry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fried; p. pr. & vb. n. Frying.] Etym: [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast, parch, fry, cf. Gr. bhrajj. Cf. Fritter.]
Definition: 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, 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.
Fry, n.
1. A dish of anything fried.
2. A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry. [Colloq.]
Fry, n. Etym: [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare tosub (see Friction), but cf. also Icel. frÊ, frjo, seed, Sw. & Dan. frö, Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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