grill

IPA: grˈɪɫ

A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
(UK) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
(US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
(colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
(colloquial, by extension) The front teeth regarded collectively.
(obsolete) Harm.
(Internet slang, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of girl. [A young female human, or sometimes a young female animal.]

(transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
(transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
(transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
(intransitive, informal) To feel very hot; to swelter.
(transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.
(transitive, Scotland, US, obsolete) To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.
(transitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To terrify; make tremble.
(intransitive, chiefly Scotland, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
(intransitive, Northern England, Scotland, obsolete) To snarl; snap.

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