broil
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)broiled, broiling
- cook under a broiler“broil fish”Synonyms: oven broilMore general grillMore specific pan-broil
- heat by a natural force“The sun broils the valley in the summer”Synonyms: bakeMore general heat, heat up
- 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”Synonyms: bakeMore general exist, be
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. prōil marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.
A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
I will own that there is a haughtiness and fierceness in human nature which will which will cause innumerable broils, place men in what situation you please.— Edmund Burke
Synonyms: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.
Origin: OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood.
1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.— George Cheyne
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54