"frying" in the noun sense
1. frying, sauteing
cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
"frying" 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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