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1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat
   - french fries [N. Amer], french-fried potatoes [Brit, N. Amer], chips [Brit], French fries [N. Amer]

1. A fish that is young
   - young fish
    
2. A dish that is fried or an event where fried food is served
    
3. [archaic] A young person of either sex
   "she writes books for fries";
   - child, kid [informal], youngster, minor, shaver [informal], nipper [informal], small fry [informal], tiddler [Brit, informal], tike [informal], tyke [informal], nestling [informal], wean [UK, Ireland, dialect], kiddy [informal], kiddie [informal]

1. Cook in hot fat or oil
   "fry the pancakes"
    
2. [informal] Be excessively hot
   "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
    
3. [informal] Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
   "The serial killer was fried";
   - electrocute

Type of: aloo [Asia], alu [Asia], cook, fish, heat, heat up, hot up [Brit, informal], Irish potato [US], juvenile, juvenile person, kill, murphy [informal], offspring, potato, pratie [Ireland], praty [Ireland], spud [informal], tater [informal], tatie [UK, dialect], tattie [UK, dialect], white potato [US], young

Encyclopedia: Fries, John