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

1 sense of frying

Sense 1
frying, sauteing -- (cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle)
       => cooking, cookery, 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")

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")