| fry | | |
| n. (person) | 1. fry, roger eliot fry, roger fry | English painter and art critic (1866-1934). |
| ~ bloomsbury group | an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestyles. |
| ~ art critic | a critic of paintings. |
| ~ painter | an artist who paints. |
| n. (person) | 2. christopher fry, fry | English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907). |
| ~ dramatist, playwright | someone who writes plays. |
| n. (person) | 3. child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | a young person of either sex.; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster" |
| ~ child's body | the body of a human child. |
| ~ juvenile, juvenile person | a young person, not fully developed. |
| ~ bairn | a child: son or daughter. |
| ~ buster | a robust child. |
| ~ changeling | a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy. |
| ~ child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child | a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age.; "Mozart was a child prodigy" |
| ~ foster-child, foster child, fosterling | a child who is raised by foster parents. |
| ~ scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag | one who is playfully mischievous. |
| ~ kiddy | a young child. |
| ~ orphan | a child who has lost both parents. |
| ~ peanut | a young child who is small for his age. |
| ~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child. |
| ~ poster child | a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes.; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" |
| ~ kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler | a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten. |
| ~ silly | a word used for misbehaving children.; "don't be a silly" |
| ~ sprog | a child. |
| ~ bambino, toddler, yearling, tot | a young child. |
| ~ urchin | poor and often mischievous city child. |
| ~ street child, waif | a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned.; "street children beg or steal in order to survive" |
| v. (stative) | 4. fry | be excessively hot.; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" |
| ~ heat up, hot up, heat | gain heat or get hot.; "The room heated up quickly" |
| v. (change) | 5. fry | cook on a hot surface using fat.; "fry the pancakes" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| ~ frizzle | fry something until it curls and becomes crisp. |
| ~ deep-fat-fry | fry in deep fat.; "deep-fry the potato chips" |
| ~ griddle | cook on a griddle.; "griddle pancakes" |
| ~ pan-fry | fry in a pan.; "pan-fry the dumplings" |
| ~ deep-fry, french-fry | cook by immersing in fat.; "french-fry the potatoes" |
| ~ stir fry | fry very quickly over high heat.; "stir-fry the vegetables in a wok" |
| ~ saute | fry briefly over high heat.; "saute the onions" |
| v. (social) | 6. electrocute, fry | kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair.; "The serial killer was electrocuted" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
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