'Broil' definitions:
Definition of 'broil'
(from WordNet)
noun
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) [syn: broil, broiling, grilling]
verb
Cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [syn: broil, oven broil]
verb
Heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: broil, bake]
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" [syn: bake, broil]
Definition of 'Broil'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- The planets and comets had been broiling in the sun. --Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Broil'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Contention; fray; affray; tumult; altercation; dissension; discord; contest; conflict; brawl; uproar. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Broil'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'broil'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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