1. [n]  a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
2. [n]  English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
3. [n]  English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
4. [v]  cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
5. [v]  kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
6. [v]  be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried"

1. \Fry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr. L. frigere to roast,
   parch, fry, cf. Gr. ?, Skr. bhrajj. Cf. {Fritter}.]
   To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat,
   butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in
   boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
   
   

2. \Fry\, v. i.
   1. To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the
      action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a
      kettle of hot fat.
   
   2. To simmer; to boil. [Obs.]
   
            With crackling flames a caldron fries. --Dryden
   
            The frothy billows fry. --Spenser.
   
   3. To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a
      sensation of heat.
   
            To keep the oil from frying in the stomach. --Bacon.
   
   4. To be agitated; to be greatly moved. [Obs.]
   
            What kindling motions in their breasts do fry.
                                                  --Fairfax.
   
   

3. \Fry\, n. [OE. fri, fry, seed, descendants, cf. OF. froye
   spawning, spawn of. fishes, little fishes, fr. L. fricare
   tosub (see {Friction}), but cf. also Icel. fr[ae], frj[=o],
   seed, Sw. & Dan. fr["o], Goth. fraiw seed, descendants.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of any fish.
   
   2. A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or
      small things in general.
   
            The fry of children young.            --Spenser.
   
            To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.
                                                  --Milton.
   
            We have burned two frigates, and a hundred and
            twenty small fry.                     --Walpole.
   
   

1. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans. See fried, magic smoke.

2. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.