grill

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 pr

The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.

• The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat from above and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US EnglishUK

A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat from below and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.US

• I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.

Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

• a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills

A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

• These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.

A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.colloquial

• Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth.

The front teeth regarded collectively.broadlycolloquial

Deliberate misspelling of girl.Internetalt-ofdeliberate

• r u a grill?

To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.transitive

• Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?

To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.AustraliaNew-ZealandUK

• Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan.

To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.colloquialtransitive

• The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.

To feel very hot; to swelter.informalintransitive

• He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]

To stamp or mark with a grill.transitive

To stare at.New-York-City

To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.ScotlandUSobsolete

To terrify; make tremble.Scotlandobsoletetransitive

To tremble; shiver.Scotlandintransitiveobsolete

To snarl; snap.Northern-EnglandScotlandintransitive

Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.obsolete

Harm.obsoleteuncountableusually