deep-fry
verb (used with object)
to fry in a quantity of fat sufficient to cover the food being cooked.
was deep-frying
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past progressiveof deep-fry.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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This Thanksgiving, my brother-in-law, Bob, was deep-frying the turkey.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2015
The sound would be terrible: we used to call them tempura shop records – it sounded as if someone was deep-frying them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2012
