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GRILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
Example:
he cooked hamburgers on the grill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Derivation:
grill (cook over or under a grill)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
Synonyms:
grill; grillroom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("grill" is a kind of...):
eatery; eating house; eating place; restaurant (a building where people go to eat)
Derivation:
grill (cook over or under a grill)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they grill ... he / she / it grills
Past simple: grilled
-ing form: grilling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
grill the sausages
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):
cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grill"):
barbecue; barbeque; cook out (cook outdoors on a barbecue grill)
hibachi (cook over a hibachi grill)
broil; oven broil (cook under a broiler)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The chefs grill the vegetables
Derivation:
grill (a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate)
grill (a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill)
grilling (cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "grill" is one way to...):
examine (question closely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody