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1. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
   - broil [N. Amer], broiling [N. Amer], grill

1. (cooking) cook over or under a grill
   "grill the sausages"
    
2. Examine thoroughly
   "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
    
3. (cooking) cook under a broiler
   "grill fish";
   - broil [N. Amer], oven broil [N. Amer]
    
4. Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
   "the tourists were grilling in the heat";
   - bake, broil [N. Amer]
    
5. Heat by a natural force
   "The sun grills the valley in the summer";
   - broil [N. Amer], bake

Derived forms: grillings

Type of: be, cook, cookery, cooking, examine, heat, heat up, preparation

Encyclopedia: Grilling