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| 1. | to cook by direct heat, as on a gridiron over the heat or in an oven under the heat; grill: to broil a steak. |
| 2. | to scorch; make very hot. |
| 3. | to be subjected to great heat; become broiled. |
| 4. | to burn with impatience, annoyance, etc. |
| 5. | the act or state of broiling; state of being broiled. |
| 6. | something broiled, esp. meat: She ordered a beef broil and salad. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME brulen, brolyn, broillen < AF bruill(i)er, broil(l)er, OF brusler, brul(l)er to burn (F brûler), a conflation of the verbs represented by OF bruir to burn (< Frankish *brōjan; cf. MHG brü(ej)en, G brühen to scald) and usler < L ustulāre to scorch]
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| 1. | an angry quarrel or struggle; disturbance; tumult: a violent broil over who was at fault. |
| 2. | to quarrel; brawl. |
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v. broiled, broil·ing, broils v. tr.
v. intr. To be exposed to great heat. n.
[Middle English broilen, from Old French brusler, bruler, perhaps from usler, to burn (with br- from bruir, to burn), from Latin ustulāre, to scorch, from ustus, past participle of ūrere, to burn.] |
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n. A rowdy argument; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl. intr.v. broiled, broil·ing, broils To engage in a rowdy argument. [From obsolete broil, to brawl, from Middle English broilen, from Anglo-Norman broiller, to mix up, confuse, from Old French brouiller, from breu, broth, brew, from Vulgar Latin *brodum, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.] |
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broil (1)
"cook," 1375, from O.Fr. bruller "to broil, roast," from brosler "to burn," from L. ustulare "to scorch, singe," from ustus, pp. of urere "to burn." Alt. by infl. of Gmc. "burn" words beginning in br-.
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broil (2)
"quarrel," 1402, from Anglo-Fr. broiller "mix up, confuse," O.Fr. brooillier, probably from breu, bro "broth, brew," from Frankish or another Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. brod "broth") akin to broth (see brew); also compare imbroglio.
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| 1. | cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) |
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| 1. | cook under a broiler; "broil fish" |
| 2. | heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" |
| 3. | 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" [syn: bake] |
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broil [broil] verb
(American) to grill (food)
Example: She broiled the chicken.
Example: She broiled the chicken.
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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. 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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. 2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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. The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. --Cheyne.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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