Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun broil

1 sense of broil

Sense 1
broil, broiling, grilling -- (cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill))
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb broil

3 senses of broil

Sense 1
broil, oven broil -- (cook under a broiler; "broil fish")
       => grill -- (cook over a grill; "grill the sausages")

Sense 2
broil, bake -- (heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer")
       => heat, heat up -- (make hot or hotter; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove")

Sense 3
bake, broil -- (be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat")
       => be -- (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer")