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# broil

verb (broils, broiled, broiling); noun (broils, old use)

«broil» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To broil is to cook food over or under a hot flame or fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/#m1)
2. (old use) A broil is a noisy quarrel or fight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales meat or fish is cooked over a fire; in old writing a broil is a brawl

### Examples

- Mum broils the fish under the grill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/#x1)
- Let the sausages broil until brown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/#x2)
- It is sad that such a day should bring broils and fights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «broil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broil/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«broil» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/broil.html) on Mova free.