1. (

• frying ,
• sauteing

) cooking in fat or oil in a pan or griddle ;

1. (

• fry

) be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach for another hour, they'll be fried" ;

2. (

• fry

) cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes" ;

3. (

• electrocute ,
• fry

) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" ;