fry
Noun
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English painter and art critic (1866-1934) (synset 111004253)
is an instance of:
- art critic - a critic of paintings
- painter - an artist who paints
belongs to: bloomsbury group - an inner circle of writers and artists and philosophers who lived in or around Bloomsbury early in the 20th century and were noted for their unconventional lifestylessame as: roger eliot fry, roger fry -
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907) (synset 111004122)
is an instance of: dramatist, playwright - someone who writes playssame as: christopher fry
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A young person of either sex (synset 109937051)
"she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"is a type of: juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developedsubtypes:
- bairn - a child: son or daughter
- buster - a robust child
- changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
- foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents
- imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp - one who is playfully mischievous
- kiddie, kiddy - informal term for a young child
- orphan - a child who has lost both parents
- peanut - a young child who is small for his age
- picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
- poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes
- kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
- silly - a word used for misbehaving children
- sprog - a child
- bambino, toddler, tot, yearling - a young child
- urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
- street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
has: child's body - the body of a human child
Verb
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Be excessively hot (synset 202744116)
"If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"
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Cook on a hot surface using fat (synset 200326129)
"fry the pancakes"referred to in: cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heatis a type of: cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heatingsubtypes:
- frizzle - fry something until it curls and becomes crisp
- deep-fat-fry - fry in deep fat
- griddle - cook on a griddle
- pan-fry - fry in a pan
- deep-fry, french-fry - cook by immersing in fat
- stir fry - fry very quickly over high heat
- saute - fry briefly over high heat
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Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair (synset 202490546)
"The serial killer was electrocuted"is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowinglysame as: electrocute
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