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

1. (cooking) cook over or under a grill
   "grill the sausages"
    
2. (cooking) cook under a broiler
   "grill fish";
   - broil [N. Amer], oven broil [N. Amer]
    
3. Examine thoroughly
   "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology"
    
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, exist, heat, heat up

Encyclopedia: Grilled