BROIL

broil, broiling, grilling

(noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

broil, oven broil

(verb) cook under a broiler; “broil fish”

broil, bake

(verb) heat by a natural force; “The sun broils the valley in the summer”

bake, broil

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

(transitive, North America) To cook by direct, radiant heat.

Synonym: grill

(transitive, North America) To expose to great heat.

(intransitive, North America) To be exposed to great heat.

Noun

broil (plural broils)

Food prepared by broiling.

Etymology 2

Verb

broil (third-person singular simple present broils, present participle broiling, simple past and past participle broiled)

(transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.

(intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.

Noun

broil (plural broils)

(archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

Synonyms

• skirmish

Anagrams

• LIBOR

Source: Wiktionary

Broil, n. Etym: [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. proil 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.]

Definition: 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. Burke.

Syn.

– Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.

Broil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Broiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Broiling.] Etym: [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.

Broil, v. i.

Definition: 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. Cheyne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition