GRILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grill mean? 

• GRILL (noun)
  The noun GRILL has 2 senses:

1. a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

2. a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

  Familiarity information: GRILL used as a noun is rare.

• GRILL (verb)
  The verb GRILL has 2 senses:

1. cook over or under a grill

2. examine thoroughly

  Familiarity information: GRILL used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grill; grillroom

Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):

eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)

Derivation:

grill (cook over or under a grill)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

grill; grille; grillwork

Context example:

he cooked hamburgers on the grill

Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Derivation:

grill (cook over or under a grill)

• GRILL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they grill    ... he / she / it grills   
Past simple: grilled   
Past participle: grilled   
-ing form: grilling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cook over or under a grill

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

grill the sausages

Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grill"):

barbecue; barbeque; cook out (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)

hibachi (cook over a hibachi grill)

broil; oven broil (cook under a broiler)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs grill the vegetables

Derivation:

grill (a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate)

grill (a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill)

grilling (cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Examine thoroughly

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology

Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):

examine (question closely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

It is Sam Aylward of the Company; and here is your captain, Sir Nigel Loring, and four others, all laid out to be grilled like an Easterling's herrings.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Plain! You? Not at all. You are much too pretty, as well as too good, to be grilled alive in Calcutta."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It is found in car exhaust, smoke from wood fires, tobacco, oil and gas products, charred or grilled foods, and other sources.

(Benzo(a)pyrene, NCI Dictionary)

Grilled or well-done beef, chicken or fish may raise the risk of developing high blood pressure among people who regularly eat those foods.

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

What I began to do was to envy the doctor walking in the cool shadow of the woods with the birds about him and the pleasant smell of the pines, while I sat grilling, with my clothes stuck to the hot resin, and so much blood about me and so many poor dead bodies lying all around that I took a disgust of the place that was almost as strong as fear.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

To give your child a nutritious diet: • Make half of what is on your child's plate fruits and vegetables • Choose healthy sources of protein, such as lean meat, nuts, and eggs • Serve whole-grain breads and cereals because they are high in fiber. Reduce refined grains. • Broil, grill, or steam foods instead of frying them • Limit fast food and junk food • Offer water or milk instead of sugary fruit drinks and sodas

(Child Nutrition, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Among participants who reported eating at least two servings of red meat, chicken or fish a week, the analysis revealed that the risk of developing high blood pressure was: 17 percent higher in those who grilled, broiled, or roasted beef, chicken or and fish more than 15 times/month, compared with less than 4 times a month. 15 percent higher in those who prefer their food well done, compared with those who prefer rarer meats. 17 percent higher in those estimated to have consumed the highest levels of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) — chemicals formed when meat protein is charred or exposed to high temperatures — compared to those with the lowest intake.

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)