Broil

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Broil \Broil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Broiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Broiling}.] [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil,
     burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. br["u]ejen, G. br["u]hen, to
     scald, akin to E. brood.]
     1. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon
        a gridiron over coals.


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     2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Broil \Broil\, v. i.
     To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire;
     to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
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           The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun.
                                                    --Cheyne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Broil \Broil\, n. [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus,
     broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin;
     cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. pr[=o]il marsh, G. br["u]hl,
     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.
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           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.
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     Syn: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation;
          dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  broil
       n : cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire
           or under a grill) [syn: {broiling}, {grilling}]
       v 1: cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [syn: {oven broil}]
       2: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the
          summer" [syn: {bake}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  238 Moby Thesaurus words for "broil":
     ado, affray, agitation, altercate, altercation, argument, bake,
     baking, barbecue, barbecuing, baste, basting, battle, be in heat,
     bicker, blanch, blaze, blood feud, bloom, bluster, bobbery, boil,
     boiling, bother, box, braise, braising, brawl, brew, brewing,
     broiling, brouhaha, brown, burn, cacophony, casserole, catering,
     chaos, choke, clash, close, coddle, collide, combat, combust,
     come to blows, commotion, contend, contention, contest,
     controversy, cook, cookery, cooking, course, cover, cuisine,
     culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, culinary science,
     curry, cut and thrust, devil, differ, dish, dispute, disturbance,
     do, do to perfection, domestic science, donnybrook,
     donnybrook fair, duel, dustup, ebullition, embroilment, entree,
     exchange blows, fanaticism, fence, ferment, feud, fight,
     fight a duel, fire, flame, flame up, flap, flare, flare up,
     flicker, flite, fliting, flush, fomentation, foofaraw, fracas,
     fray, free-for-all, frenzy, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, frying,
     fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gasp, give and take,
     give satisfaction, glow, grapple, grapple with, griddle, grill,
     grilling, hassle, have words, heat, helter-skelter, home economics,
     hubbub, imbroglio, incandesce, join issue, jostle, joust,
     knock-down-and-drag-out, logomachy, main dish, melee, melt,
     mix it up, nutrition, open quarrel, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil,
     pan-broiling, pandemonium, pant, parboil, parch, passion,
     pell-mell, poach, poaching, polemic, pother, prepare, prepare food,
     quarrel, racket, radiate heat, rage, rampage, rassle, riot, roast,
     roasting, rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction,
     rumpus, run a tilt, saute, sauteing, scald, scallop, scorch,
     scramble, scrimmage, scuffle, sear, searing, seethe, set to,
     sharp words, shimmer with heat, shindy, shirr, shirring, side dish,
     simmer, simmering, skirmish, slanging match, smolder, smother,
     snarl, spar, spark, spat, squabble, steam, steeping, stew, stewing,
     stifle, stir, stir-fry, storminess, strife, strive, struggle,
     suffocate, sweat, swelter, tempestuousness, thrust and parry, tiff,
     tilt, to-do, toast, toasting, tourney, trouble, tumult,
     tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, tussle, uproar, upset,
     vendetta, wage war, war, wildness, words, wrangle, wrestle, zeal,
     zealousness