Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fry

3 senses of fry

Sense 1
Fry, Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry -- (English painter and art critic (1866-1934))
       INSTANCE OF=> painter -- (an artist who paints)
       INSTANCE OF=> art critic -- (a critic of paintings)

Sense 2
Fry, Christopher Fry -- (English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907))
       INSTANCE OF=> dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays)

Sense 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")
       => juvenile, juvenile person -- (a young person, not fully developed)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fry

3 senses of fry

Sense 1
fry -- (be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried")
       => heat, hot up, heat up -- (gain heat or get hot; "The room heated up quickly")

Sense 2
fry -- (cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes")
       => cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes")

Sense 3
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")