A Topical Dictionary: Search for broil

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

; bruller "to broil" from brosler "to burn" from Latin; ustulare "to scorch, singe" :possible influence from Germanic 'burn' words beginning in br-

Verb

to cook by direct, radiant heat
to expose to great heat
to be exposed to great heat

Noun

food prepared by broiling

Etymology 2

Anglo-French broiller "mix up, confuse," from Old French brooillier

Verb

to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
(obsolete) to brawl

Noun

(obsolete) a brawl; a rowdy disturbance

Category:Cooking

et:broil fa:broil io:broil te:broil vi:broil zh:broil

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet 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]

Moby Dictionary
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