to broil
3
4.4
- verb
- /brɔɪl/
- US
:
asarse
- The kids ran inside to escape the broiling temperatures during the heatwave.
- the sun broiled
- a broiling summer
- broiling heat
Examples
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We arrive with a Jamaican family around 10:30, sweaty from climbing a long hill in the broiling sun.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sun broils through the windows the way it does in Florida, burning pale lines into the rug under the blinds.
Fiction book (1991) -
That stuff is broiling hot.
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"Oh God, Bombay in the summer will broil you.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hours in the broiling hot desert sun, with no trace of the killer.
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The interior of the car has grown broiling hot in their absence.
Fiction book (1990) -
They're carrying cups and toys into the kitchen, which is broiling hot.
Fiction book (1996) -
Perspiration trickled down Jed's neck and under the collar of his uniform as the sun broiled down mercilessly on the camp and its congestion of humanity.
Fiction book (1994) -
On the broiling summer day, the pavement seemed to shimmer under the intense heat.
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She felt as though she would broil in the sun if she stayed outside any longer.
Synonyms
84
3.9
Become very hot from strong sun or heat
84
1.0
To make something hot or warm
52
2.1
To feel very hot in strong sun or heat
50
3.7
Make something too hot so it can be damaged
20
6.9
To feel very hot and uncomfortable in hot weather
1
6.7
To become warm
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word broil is also used to mean 'become very hot' because feeling the sun on your skin can feel like standing under the same fierce heat a broiler gives. So when you say you are 'broiling' in the sun, you mean you feel extremely hot from direct heat.