frying

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fry1

▶verb (fries, frying, fried)

• 1 cook or be cooked in hot fat or oil.

• 2 informal (of a person) burn or overheat.

• 3 N. Amer. informal destroy: drugs fry the brain.

▶noun (pl. fries)

• 1 a fried dish or meal.

  ■ (fries) French fries; chips.

• 2 N. Amer. a social gathering where fried food is served.

– origin ME: from OFr. frire, from L. frigere.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fry2

▶plural noun young fish, especially when newly hatched.

■ the young of other animals produced in large numbers, such as frogs.

– origin ME: from ON frjó.