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griller — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barbecue noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
  • beat verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  • broil verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • find out phrasal verb To learn something you did not previously know, either by asking, checking or discovering it by chance.
  • fry verb To cook food in hot oil or fat.
  • grill noun A rack of metal bars used for cooking food over direct heat.
  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  • sear verb To burn or scorch the surface of something with intense heat.
  • toast noun Sliced bread browned by heat.

Senses

griller is used for these senses in English:

  • barbecue (transitive, intransitive) To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke food over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
  • beat (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
  • burn (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize.
  • find out (transitive) To discover or expose (someone) as disobedient, dishonest, etc.
  • fry (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
  • grill (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
  • run (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
  • sear (transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.

barbecue — full definition

  1. noun A grill or fireplace used for cooking food, usually outdoors over hot coals or gas flame.
  2. noun A social event centered on food cooked outdoors, or the food itself.
  3. verb To cook food over an open flame or hot coals, often with a smoky flavor.

beat — full definition

  1. verb To hit repeatedly, or to defeat someone in a contest.
  2. verb To mix ingredients rapidly, usually with a whisk or spoon.
  3. noun A regular rhythmic pulse, especially in music.
  4. noun A journalist's or police officer's regular area of responsibility or patrol.
  5. adj Informal: completely exhausted.

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