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Noun frying has 1 sense

frying, sauteing - cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle
--₁ is a kind of cooking, cookery, preparation

Derived form: verb fry₂

Verb fry has 3 senses

fry - be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
--₁ is one way to heat, hot up, heat up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
fry - cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
--₂ is one way to cook

Derived forms: noun fryer₁, noun frier₁, noun frying₁
Sample sentence:
The chefs fry the vegetables
electrocute, fry - kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
--₃ is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to fry the prisoners