fry

Universal Words verb, noun verb (fries, frying, fried, fried) to cook sth in hot fat or oil; to be cooked in hot fat or oil: [VN] fried fish * [V] the smell of bacon frying relatednounFRY-UP seealsoSTIR-FRY IDIOMS see FISHn. noun 1 [pl.] very small young fish seealsoSMALLFRY 2 [C] (usually fries) [pl.] (especially AmE) = CHIP