to grill

Examples

• All

• Don't go away, summer's here and what better time is there to whip out the barbecue and grill up some steaks?

  Megyn Kelly

• I'm going to have the grilled chicken sandwich and some iced tea.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I bet you, I bet you that shrimp would grill up really good.

• And then I'm going to wrap this up and like kind of grill it on either side and hope for the best.

• Hey, look at you, grilling like a professional.

  The Chateau Meroux (2011)

• We're grilling up a big old cow for you.

  Rescue Dawn (2007)

• At home, Kara played in the backyard while her mom grilled chicken for dinner.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The mouthwatering aroma of well-grilled meat drifted through it to my grateful nostrils.

  Fiction book (1999)

• This summer, when you're out grilling with the family, there's only one sauce that has the sweetness and the spiceness that everyone loves.

  Big George Foreman (2023)

• My grandmother had fixed fresh grilled tuna steak with roasted red peppers and a thin, brothy tomato sauce.

  Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

C

to cook

vsto grill

∞ 1.0

To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying

is specifically about cooking with direct or overhead heat rather than all methods

B

to bake

vsto grill

388 1.0

To cook food in an oven with dry heat

uses direct or overhead heat rather than general oven heat

R

to roast

vsto grill

172 1.0

To cook food using dry heat in an oven or over a fire

uses direct concentrated heat instead of slower surrounding oven heat

B

to barbecue

vsto grill

50 1.3

To cook food outdoors on a grill or over an open fire

is direct heat cooking but not limited to outdoor fires or smoky methods

B

to broil

vsto grill

• US

17 2.8

To cook food with strong heat from above so the top becomes brown or crispy

uses direct heat from above or below rather than only from above

G

to griddle

vsto grill

1 3.6

To cook food on a flat hot metal surface

uses direct heat on a raised grate or from above rather than flat surface

P

to pan-broil

vsto grill

• US

7.0

To cook food in a hot pan without adding fat so melted fat runs off

uses direct heat on a grate or under an element, not in a pan

Antonyms

B

to boil

269 1.0

To heat a liquid until it bubbles and becomes gas

S

to steam

58 1.0

To cook food using hot water turned into gas

Phrasal Verbs

G

to grill chicken

5 2.1

Cook chicken on a grill over high heat to give brown, smoky marks

G

to grill burger

1 1.9

Cook a burger patty over hot direct heat on metal bars

G

to get on someone's grill

• Slang

9.9

To tell someone angrily that you do not like what they did

How Grilled

to burn

∞ 1.0

to char

53 4.6

to sear

76 6.1

to grill

140 1.0

to warm

488 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology