broil

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to cook under a broiler

   I broiled some sea bass.

2. 2
   verb

   to heat by a natural force

   The sun broils the valley in the summer.

3. 3
   verb

   to be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun

   The town was broiling in the sun.

From Middle English broylen, brulen (“to broil, cook”), from Anglo-Norman bruiller, broiller (“to broil, roast”), Old French brusler, bruller (“to broil, roast, char”), a blend of two Old French verbs: * bruir (“to burn”), from Frankish *brōjan (“to burn, scald”) * usler (“to scorch”), from Latin ustulō (“to scorch”)

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