GRILL

grill, grille, grillwork

(noun) a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; “he cooked hamburgers on the grill”

grillroom, grill

(noun) a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

grill

(verb) cook over or under a grill; “grill the sausages”

grill

(verb) examine thoroughly; “the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

grill (plural grills)

A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.

On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

(UK) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English

(US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.

Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

(colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.

Synonyms: fronts, golds

(colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.

(internet slang, humorous) Misspelling of girl.

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

(transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.

Synonym: Thesaurus:cook

(transitive, Australian, NZ, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.

(transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.

(intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.

(transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.

Etymology 2

Verb

grill (third-person singular simple present grills, present participle grilling, simple past and past participle grilled)

(transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; incite.

(transitive, chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.

(intransitive, chiefly, Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.

(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.

Etymology 3

Adjective

grill (comparative griller or more grill, superlative grillest or most grill)

(obsolete) Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

Noun

grill (usually uncountable, plural grills)

(obsolete) Harm.

Source: Wiktionary

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Grill, n. Etym: [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]

1. A gridiron. [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton.

2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] Etym: [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. graïl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]

1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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