broil

broil has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
• v. t.. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
• v. t.. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
• v. i.. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
• n.. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
• v.. cook under a broiler; "broil fish"
• v.. heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer"
• v.. 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"