1. Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
   "grilling the steak gave it a delicious charred flavour";
   - broil [N. Amer], broiling [N. Amer], grill

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

Derived forms: grillings

Type of: be, cook, cookery, cooking, examine, exist, heat, heat up, preparation

Encyclopedia: Grilling