grill

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

grill, n. [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.].

•  A gridiron.  [1913 Webster]

  "[They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat."  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A figure of crossed bars with interstices, such as those sometimes impressed upon postage stamps.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  A grillroom.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

grill, v. t. [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. graïl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.].

•  To broil on a grill or gridiron.  [1913 Webster]

  "Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons."
•  To torment, as if by broiling.  Dickens.  [1913 Webster]
•  To stamp or mark with a grill.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

grill, v. i. 

 To undergo the process of being grilled, or broiled; to broil.
"He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

grill, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a device on a cooker for radiating heat downwards. b = GRIDIRON(1).
2 a dish of food cooked on a grill.
3 (in full grill room) a restaurant serving grilled food.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked under a grill or on a gridiron.
2 tr. & intr. subject or be subjected to extreme heat, esp. from the sun.
3 tr. subject to severe questioning or interrogation.

Derivative

griller n. grilling n. (in sense 3 of v.).

grill, var. of GRILLE.

THESAURUS

grill

andiron, automat, bake, barbecue, baste, beanery, bistro, blanch, boil, braise, brew, broil, brown, buffet, buvette, cafe, cafeteria, canteen, cantina, casserole, chain, chophouse, chuck wagon, coal tongs, coddle, coffee shop, coffeehouse, coffeeroom, cook, cookhouse, cookshack, cookshop, course, cover, crane, crook, cross-examine, cross-interrogate, cross-question, culinary masterpiece, culinary preparation, curry, damper, devil, diner, dining hall, dining room, dish, dismember, do, do to perfection, dog wagon, draw and quarter, drive-in, drive-in restaurant, eatery, eating house, entree, extract information, fast-food chain, fire, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, fricassee, frizz, frizzle, fry, go over, grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, griller, grillroom, hamburger stand, hash house, hashery, heat, hot-dog stand, impale, inquisition, interrogation, keelhaul, kitchen, lifter, lunch counter, lunch wagon, luncheonette, lunchroom, main dish, make inquisition, mess hall, oven-bake, pan, pan-broil, parboil, picket, pizzeria, poach, poker, pothook, prepare, prepare food, pry out, quick-lunch counter, rack, restaurant, roast, salamander, saute, scallop, sear, shirr, side dish, simmer, smorgasbord, snack bar, spit, steam, stew, stir-fry, tar and feather, tavern, tearoom, third degree, third-degree, toast, tongs, torture, trattoria, tripod, trivet, turnspit

ROGET THESAURUS

grill

Calefaction

VB heat, warm, chafe, stive, foment, make hot, sun oneself, sunbathe, go up in flames, burn to the ground (flame), fire, set fire to, set on fire, kindle, enkindle, light, ignite, strike a light, apply the match to, apply the torch to, rekindle, relume, fan the flame, add fuel to the flame, poke the fire, stir the fire, blow the fire, make a bonfire of, melt, thaw, fuse, liquefy, burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch, brand, cauterize, sear, burn in, corrode, char, calcine, incinerate, smelt, scorify, reduce to ashes, burn to a cinder, commit to the flames, consign to the flames, boil, digest, stew, cook, seethe, scald, parboil, simmer, do to rags, take fire, catch fire, blaze.