grill

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To cook food over or under direct heat.

   We grilled the sausages over an open fire.

2. 2
   noun

   A device for cooking food over direct heat; a barbecue.

   He put the burgers on the grill in the backyard.

3. 3
   verb

   To question someone closely and persistently.

   The detective grilled the suspect for hours.

4. 4
   noun

   A metal framework of bars used as a cover or barrier.

   A heavy iron grill covered the front of the shop.

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”).

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