deep-fry

See also: deep fry and deepfry

English

Deep-fried chicken wings (left) and french fries from Everything with Fries, a restaurant in Singapore

Alternative forms

• deep fry, deepfry

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪ

Verb

deep-fry (third-person singular simple present deep-fries, present participle deep-frying, simple past and past participle deep-fried)

1. (transitive) To cook (food) by deep-frying.
2. (Internet slang, transitive) To 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.

Synonyms

• deep-fat-fry

Antonyms

• shallow-fry

Derived terms

• deep-fried
• deep fryer

Related terms

• deep-frying

Translations

to cook by immersing the food in hot fat

• Armenian: խորը տապակել (xorə tapakel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 油炸 (jau⁴ zaa³)

  Mandarin: 油炸 (zh) (yóuzhá)

• Danish: fritere
• Dutch: frituren (nl)
• Finnish: uppopaistaa (fi), friteerata (fi)
• French: faire frire
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: frittieren (de)
• Greek: τηγανίζω (el) (tiganízo)
• Indonesian: goreng rendam
• Japanese: 揚げる (ja) (あげる, ageru)
• Khmer: បំពង (km) (bɑmpɔɔŋ)
• Korean: 튀기다 (ko) (twigida)
• Malay: menggoreng jeluk
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: fritere
• Russian: жа́рить во фритю́ре impf (žáritʹ vo fritjúre)
• Swedish: fritera (sv)
• Thai: ทอด (th) (tɔ̂ɔt)
• Vietnamese: chiên rán ngập mỡ
• Welsh: ffrio'n ddwfn

Noun

deep-fry (plural deep-fries)

1. A heated cooking pan or appliance used to deep-fry foods.

Synonyms

• deep-fat fryer
• deep fryer

Translations

deep-fat fryer — see deep-fat fryer