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# grill

noun (a grill, grills); verb (grill, grills, grilled, grilling)

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

## Everyday

1. A grill is a part of a cooker or a frame of metal bars over heat, used to cook food quickly with strong heat from above or below. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#m1)
2. To grill food is to cook it on or under a grill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#m2)
3. A grill can also be a metal grid covering an opening, like on the front of a car (often spelled grille). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#m3)
4. To grill someone (informal) is to ask them lots of hard questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people grill sausages, burgers and vegetables on a barbecue or under the grill of the oven. In safety lessons: never leave a grill alone, keep children away from hot grills, and use tongs. In stories a detective or a parent may «grill» someone with questions. Phrases: under the grill, on the grill, grilled cheese, grill someone about.

### Examples

- Dad grilled sausages on the barbecue. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x1)
- Put the bread under the grill to make toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x2)
- I had a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x3)
- Never touch the grill while it is hot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x4)
- The burgers sizzled on the grill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x5)
- Mum grilled me about where I had been all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x6)
- The car's grill was covered in mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x7)
- ‘You stupid old Giant,’ said his wife, ‘you only smell a nice sheep, which I have grilled for your dinner.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/grill/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: grilled, grilling. In the UK a grill usually cooks from above (inside the cooker); in the US «broil» is used for that and «grill» means cooking over heat outdoors. «Grille» is another spelling for a metal grid. Do not confuse with «girl».

## On Mova

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