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Meaning of broil

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  broil
      n 1: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire
           or under a grill) [syn: {broil}, {broiling}, {grilling}]
      v 1: cook under a broiler; "broil fish" [syn: {broil}, {oven
           broil}]
      2: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the
         summer" [syn: {broil}, {bake}]
      3: 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" [syn: {bake}, {broil}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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