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1.fry - 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.fry - To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of hardware. Never used of software or humans, but compare fried.
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Sometimes Strickland would go down to the reef, and come back with a basket of small, coloured fish that Ata would fry in cocoa-nut oil, or with a lobster; and sometimes she would make a savoury dish of the great land-crabs that scuttled away under your feet.
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When dinner-time drew nigh, Catherine took a nice steak, which was all the meat she had, and put it on the fire to fry.
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"Anyhow," said Uncle Roger, "that red silk dress will break the hearts of all the feminine small fry at the party.
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