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1. Cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)
   "They ate grilled fish";
   - broiled [N. Amer]
    
2. Cooked over an outdoor grill
   - barbecued

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

See also: cooked

Type of: be, cook, examine, heat, heat up

Encyclopedia: Grilled