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fries

/fɹaɪz/

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What does fries mean?

noun

  1. plural of fry
  2. Ellipsis of French fries.

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fry
More meanings (2)

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Virginia.

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IPA pronunciation

/fɹaɪz/

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As Fries has well remarked, little groups of species are generally clustered like satellites around certain other species.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228
Thick clouds of rolling smoke involve the skies, And fat of entrails on his altar fries.
VirgilThe AeneidTranslated by John DrydenProject Gutenberg ebook #228
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Readily obtaining my consent, he quickly kindles a fire, and scrambles and fries the eggs.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136
One day, I was drawing one of our prettiest coprini (Coprinus sterquilinus, FRIES), which comes out of a little purse or volva.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
The projector at-tracted the Americans, and they were ready, as General Fries informs us, to launch a big projector gas attack, when Marshal Foch's counter attack disorganised the front concerned.
Victor LefebureThe Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and WarProject Gutenberg ebook #1272