Meanings
present singular third person deep-fries · participle present deep-frying · participle past deep-fried · past deep-fried · alternative deep fry · alternative deepfry
- transitiveTo cook (food) by deep-frying.
- InternettransitiveTo alter a photograph using filters and image compression to make it appear strangely colored for a humorous effect.
That meme is deep-fried, which is what makes it so funny.
plural deep-fries · alternative deep fry · alternative deepfry
- A heated cooking pan or appliance used to deep-fry foods.
Synonyms: deep-fat fryer, deep fryer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA heated cooking pan or appliance used to deep-fry foods.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian пържа
- пържа (părža)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Chinese Cantonese 油炸
- 油炸 (jau⁴ zaa³)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Chinese Mandarin 油炸
- 油炸 (yóuzhá)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Danish fritere
- fritereto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Dutch frituren
- friturento cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Finnish uppopaistaa, friteerata
- uppopaistaato cook by immersing the food in hot fat
- friteeratato cook by immersing the food in hot fat
French faire frire
- faire frireto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
German frittieren
- frittierento cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Greek τηγανίζω
- τηγανίζω (tiganízo)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Indonesian goreng rendam
- goreng rendamto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Japanese 揚げる
- 揚げる (ageru)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Korean 튀기다
- 튀기다 (twigida)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Malay menggoreng jeluk
- menggoreng jelukto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Norwegian fritere
- fritereto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Polish smażyć na głębokim tłuszczu, usmażyć na głębokim tłuszczu
- smażyć na głębokim tłuszczuto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
- usmażyć na głębokim tłuszczuto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Russian жа́рить во фритю́ре
- жа́рить во фритю́ре (žáritʹ vo fritjúre)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Spanish freír sumergidamente, freír inmersamente
- freír sumergidamenteto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
- freír inmersamenteto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
- fritar profundamenteto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
- fritar hondamenteto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Swedish fritera
- friterato cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Thai ทอด
- ทอด (tɔ̂ɔt)to cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Vietnamese chiên rán ngập mỡ
- chiên rán ngập mỡto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Welsh ffrio'n ddwfn
- ffrio'n ddwfnto cook by immersing the food in hot fat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with deep-fry
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deep-fry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-fry
“deep-fry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-fry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deep-fry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deep-fry.
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