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broil 1

 (broil)
v. broiled, broil·ing, broils
v.tr.
1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.
2. To expose to great heat.
v.intr.
To be exposed to great heat.
n.
1. The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.
2. Food, especially meat, that is broiled.

[Middle English broilen, from Old French brusler, bruler, perhaps from usler, to burn (with br- from bruir, to burn), from Latin ustulāre, to scorch, from ustus, past participle of ūrere, to burn.]

broil 2

 (broil) Archaic
n.
A rowdy argument.
intr.v. broiled, broil·ing, broils
To engage in a rowdy argument.

[From obsolete broil, to brawl, from Middle English broilen, from Anglo-Norman broiller, to mix up, confuse, from Old French brouiller, from breu, broth, brew, from Vulgar Latin *brodum, of Germanic origin; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
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broiling

(ˈbrɔɪlɪŋ)
adj
informal extremely hot
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.broiling - cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)broiling - cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
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broiling

adjective
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Translations

broiling

[ˈbrɔɪlɪŋ] ADJ [sun] → achicharrante
it's broiling hothace un calor achicharrante
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broiling

[ˈbrɔɪlɪŋ] adj (US) (= sweltering) [weather] → torride; [sun] → brûlant(e)
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broiling

adj (esp US) sun, summerbrütend heiß
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And as for going as cook, -- though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board --yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; --though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.
Mother Maudlin was a retched old witch, and Scathlock says he is yet more sure that the raven was she, because in her own form he has just seen her broiling the raven's bone by the fire, sitting "In the chimley-nuik within." While the talk went on Maid Marian had gone away.
Kitty had read in a magazine that sun-baths were good for the hair; so both she and Cecily tossed their long braids over the window-sill and let them hang there in the broiling sun-shine.
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Continue broiling peppers and tomatoes until both are well charred, 4 to 5 minutes longer.
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Broiling the burgers led to a significant reduction in total phenolic counts for the three treatments and in total anthocyanin counts for the two blueberry puree-containing burgers.