broil
/bɹɔɪl/ verb, noun
Forms broils broiling broiled broyl
- verb (transitive, Canada, US, obsolete in the UK) To cook by direct, radiant heat.
- verb (transitive, Canada, US) To expose to great heat.
- verb (intransitive, Canada, US) To be exposed to great heat.
- noun Food prepared by broiling.
- verb (transitive) To cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil.
- verb (intransitive, obsolete) To brawl.
- noun (archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance. “come to broils”
Synonyms
Etymology
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”)
From Middle English broilen (“to quarrel, present in disorder”), from Anglo-Norman broiller (“to mix up”), from Vulgar Latin *brodiculāre (“to jumble together”) from *brodum (“broth, stew”), from Frankish *broþ (“broth”), from Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
- verb To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
- verb To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
- verb To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
Etymology [F. brouiller to disorder, from LL. brogilus, broilus, brolium, thicket, wood, park; of uncertain origin; cf. W. brog a swelling out, OHG. proil marsh, G. brühl, MHG. brogen to rise. The meaning tumult, confusion, comes apparently from tangled undergrowth, thicket, and this possibly from the meaning to grow, rise, sprout.]
Etymology [OE. broilen, OF. bruillir, fr. bruir to broil, burn; of Ger. origin; cf. MHG. brüejen, G. brühen, to scald, akin to E. brood.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “broil”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details