## Meanings
1. To cook food over or under direct heat.
2. A device for cooking food over direct heat; a barbecue.
3. To question someone closely and persistently.
4. A metal framework of bars used as a cover or barrier.

## Examples
- We grilled the sausages over an open fire.
- He put the burgers on the grill in the backyard.
- The detective grilled the suspect for hours.
- A heavy iron grill covered the front of the shop.

## Derived Forms
- chargrill
- grillable
- grillbilly
- grillery
- grilling
- grillmaster
- grillsteak
- grillware
- grillwork
- pregrill

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gril
- Root: *grielle
- Root: *grallī
- Root: *gʰer-

## Etymology
From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).

## AI Etymology
Grill comes from Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”). In current use, the main senses are “To cook food over or under direct heat” and “A device for cooking food over direct heat; a barbecue”.

## Topics
- Food & Drink

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