Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fry

1. v. & n. --v. (fries, fried) 1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked in hot fat. 2 tr. & intr. sl. electrocute or be electrocuted. 3 tr. (as fried adj.) sl. drunk. --n. (pl. fries) 1 various internal parts of animals usu. eaten fried (lamb's fry). 2 a dish of fried food, esp. meat. 3 US a social gathering to eat fried food. Phrases and idioms frying- (US fry-) pan a shallow pan used in frying. fry up heat or reheat (food) in a frying-pan. fry-up n. Brit. colloq. a dish of miscellaneous fried food. out of the frying-pan into the fire from a bad situation to a worse one. Etymology: ME f. OF frire f. L frigere 2. n.pl. 1 young or newly hatched fishes. 2 the young of other creatures produced in large numbers, e.g. bees or frogs. Phrases and idioms small fry people of little importance; children. Etymology: ME f. ON frj{oacute}