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broil

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broil 1  (broil)
v. broiled, broil·ing, broils
v.tr.
1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.
2. To expose to great heat.
v.intr.
To be exposed to great heat.
n.
1. The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.
2. Food, especially meat, that is broiled.

[Middle English broilen, from Old French brusler, bruler, perhaps from usler, to burn (with br- from bruir, to burn), from Latin ustulre, to scorch, from ustus, past participle of rere, to burn.]

broil
Verb
same as grill (sense 1) [Old French bruillir]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.broilbroil - cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
Verb1.broil - cook under a broiler; "broil fish"
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
grill - cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"
pan-broil - broil in a pan
2.broil - heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
heat, heat up - make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove"
3.broil - be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
Translations

broil [brɔɪl] vt (US) → asar a la parrilla
broil [brɔɪl] (US) vtrôtir
broil [brɔɪl] (US) vtgrillen
broil [brɔɪl] vtcuocere a fuoco vivo

broil
v broil [broil]
(American) to grill (food) She broiled the chicken. braai, rooster, panrooster يَشْوي (اللحْم) пека на огън/скара grilovat grille; grillstege grillen ψήνω στη σχάρα a la parrilla asar grillima کباب کردن grillata (faire) griller לִצְלוֹת सेंकना peći na žaru roston süt memanggang arrostire あぶり焼きにする 굽다 kepti ant iešmo cept gaļu (uz iesma, restēm) panggang roosteren grille piec na ruszcie grelhar a frige жарить(ся) на открытом огне grilovať peči (se) na žaru peći na roštilju steka, grilla ย่าง ızgara yapmak смажити(ся), жарити(ся) آنچ پر تیار کرنا nướng (thịt)


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The weather was blisteringly hot, and the man or woman who had to sit on a creeping mule, or in a crawling wagon, and broil in the beating sun, was an object to be pitied.
During these preparations his harangue was commented upon in no very measured terms; and one of the party, after denouncing him as a lying old son of a seacook who begrudged a fellow a few hours' liberty, exclaimed with an oath, 'But you don't bounce me out of my liberty, old chap, for all your yarns; for I would go ashore if every pebble on the beach was a live coal, and every stick a gridiron, and the cannibals stood ready to broil me on landing.
Here, you see, we have plenty of salt, and can make a quick broil.
 
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