broil as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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broil
noun
1 broil
Cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill).
synonyms: broiling, grilling.
Roget 713:
disagreement
etc.
24;
discord,
disaccord†,
dissidence,
dissonance;
jar,
clash,
shock;
jarring,
jostling
etc.
v.;
screw loose.
variance,
difference,
dissension,
misunderstanding,
cross purposes,
odds,
brouillerie [Fr.];
division,
split,
rupture,
disruption,
division in the camp,
house divided against itself,
disunion,
breach;
schism
etc.
(dissent)
489;
feud,
faction.
quarrel,
dispute,
tiff,
tracasserie†,
squabble,
altercation,
barney [Slang],
demel_e,
snarl,
spat,
towrow†,
words,
high words;
wrangling
etc.
v.;
jangle,
brabble†,
cross questions and crooked answers,
snip-snap;
family jars.
polemics;
litigation;
strife
etc.
(contention)
720;
warfare
etc.
722;
outbreak,
open rupture,
declaration of war.
broil,
brawl,
row,
racket,
hubbub,
rixation†;
embroilment,
embranglement†,
imbroglio,
fracas,
breach of the peace,
piece of work [Fr.],
scrimmage,
rumpus;
breeze,
squall;
riot,
disturbance
etc.
(disorder)
59;
commotion
etc.
(agitation)
315;
bear garden,
Donnybrook,
Donnybrook Fair.
subject of dispute,
ground of quarrel,
battle ground,
disputed point;
bone of contention,
bone to pick;
apple of discord,
casus belli [Lat.];
question at issue
etc.
(subject of inquiry)
461;
vexed question,
vexata quaestio [Lat.],
brand of discord.
troublous times†;
cat-and-dog life;
contentiousness
etc.
adj.;
enmity
etc.
889;
hate
etc.
898;
Kilkenny cats;
disputant
etc.
710;
strange bedfellows.
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Roget 720:
contention,
strife;
contest,
contestation†;
struggle;
belligerency;
opposition
etc.
708.
controversy,
polemics;
debate
etc.
(discussion)
476;
war of words,
logomachy†,
litigation;
paper war;
high words
etc.
(quarrel)
713;
sparring
etc.
v..
competition,
rivalry;
corrivalry†,
corrivalship†,
agonism†,
concours†,
match,
race,
horse racing,
heat,
steeple chase,
handicap;
regatta;
field day;
sham fight,
Derby day;
turf,
sporting,
bullfight,
tauromachy†,
gymkhana†;
boat race,
torpids†.
wrestling,
greco-roman wrestling;
pugilism,
boxing,
fisticuffs,
the manly art of self-defense;
spar,
mill,
set-to,
round,
bout,
event,
prize fighting;
quarterstaff,
single stick;
gladiatorship†,
gymnastics;
jiujitsu,
jujutsu,
kooshti†,
sumo;
athletics,
athletic sports;
games of skill
etc.
840.
shindy†;
fracas
etc.
(discord)
713;
clash of arms;
tussle,
scuffle,
broil,
fray;
affray,
affrayment†;
velitation†;
colluctation†,
luctation†;
brabble†,
brigue†,
scramble,
melee,
scrimmage,
stramash†,
bushfighting†.
free fight,
stand up fight,
hand to hand,
running fight.
conflict,
skirmish;
rencounter†,
encounter;
rencontre†,
collision,
affair,
brush,
fight;
battle,
battle royal;
combat,
action,
engagement,
joust,
tournament;
tilt,
tilting [Mediev.];
tournay†,
list;
pitched battle.
death struggle,
struggle for life or death,
life or death struggle,
Armageddon†.
hard knocks,
sharp contest,
tug of war.
naval engagement,
naumachia†,
sea fight.
duel,
duello [It];
single combat,
monomachy†,
satisfaction,
passage d'armes [Fr.],
passage of arms,
affair of honor;
triangular duel;
hostile meeting,
digladiation†;
deeds of arms,
feats of arms;
appeal to arms
etc.
(warfare)
722.
pugnacity;
combativeness
etc.
adj.;
bone of contention
etc.
713.
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Dutch: roosteren
Polish: grillowanie
verb
1 broil
Cook under a broiler:
— Broil fish.
synonym: oven broil.
Roget 382:
be hot
etc.
adj.;
glow,
flush,
sweat,
swelter,
bask,
smoke,
reek,
stew,
simmer,
seethe,
boil,
burn,
blister,
broil,
blaze,
flame;
smolder;
parch,
fume,
pant.
heat
etc.
(make hot)
384;
recalesce†;
thaw,
give.
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2 broil
Heat by a natural force:
— The sun broils the valley in the summer.
synonym: bake.
3 broil
Be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun:
— The town was broiling in the sun.
synonym: bake.
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