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Definition of broil verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

broil

verb
 
/brɔɪl/
 
/brɔɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they broil
 
/brɔɪl/
 
/brɔɪl/
he / she / it broils
 
/brɔɪlz/
 
/brɔɪlz/
past simple broiled
 
/brɔɪld/
 
/brɔɪld/
past participle broiled
 
/brɔɪld/
 
/brɔɪld/
-ing form broiling
 
/ˈbrɔɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈbrɔɪlɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] broil something (North American English) to cook meat or fish under direct heat or over heat on metal bars
    • broiled chicken
    compare barbecue, grillTopics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. [intransitive, transitive] broil (somebody) to become or make somebody become very hot
    • They lay broiling in the sun.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘burn, char’): from Old French bruler ‘to burn’, of unknown origin.
See broil in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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