fry

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The greatest loss sustained in fisheries takes place in the spawning season, and again when the fry are about.

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  1. transitive verb To cook over direct heat in hot oil or fat.
  2. transitive verb Slang To destroy (electronic circuitry) with excessive heat or current: "a power surge to the computer that fried a number of sensitive electronic components” (Erik Sandberg-Diment).
  3. intransitive verb To be cooked in a pan over direct heat in hot oil or fat.
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  • And each butter-fry is composed of different pieces. —  John Maeda on the simple life
  • The babies (known as the fry) will start to emerge within four to seven days, but it depends on the water temperature conditions, and their colors will surface when they're three to twelve weeks old. —  Shaister Miester Do Da
  • Grill, sauté, stir-fry or stuff mushrooms for a savory side dish. —  theithacajournal.com -
  • Sometimes to deputies who had bigger fish to fry, and once to one that used to be a mortgage broker and really understood the plight I was now up against, acknowledging my frustration. —  Appraisal Scoop
  • It's a great cut for stir fry, and is often used in Asian cuisine. —  PW FULL RSS FEED
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  1. Middle English frien, from Old French frire, from Latin frīgere.
  2. Middle English fri, probably from Anglo-Norman frie, from frier, to rub, from Latin fricāre.

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  1. from Middle English fryen, frien, from Old French frire, French frire = Provencal frir, fregir = Spanish freir = Portuguese frigir = Italian friggere, from Latin frigere, roast, parch, fry, = Greek θρύγειν, parch, = Sanskrit √ bhrajj, roast.
  2. from fry, v.
  3. from Middle English fry, seed, offspring, from Icelandic frjō, fræ = Swedish Danish frö, seed, = Gothic (Moesogothic) fraiw, seed. The F. frai, formerly fray, fraye, spawning, spawn, young fish, means also wear, being the verbal noun of frayer, rub, wear; of fishes, milt (see fray); it is thus quite unrelated to the English word.
  4. English dial.; origin obscure.
 

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