- 1[transitive] broil something to cook meat or fish under direct heat or over heat on metal bars broiled chicken compare barbecue
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] broil (somebody) to become or make someone become very hot They lay broiling in the sun.
broil
verbNAmE//brɔɪl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they broil he / she / it broils
past simple broiled
-ing form broiling
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