"fry" in the noun sense
1. Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry
English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
2. Fry, Christopher Fry
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
3. child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
a young person of either sex
"she writes books for children"
"they're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
"fry" in the verb sense
1. fry
be excessively hot
"If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
2. fry
cook on a hot surface using fat
"fry the pancakes"
3. electrocute, fry
kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
"The serial killer was electrocuted"
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