broil

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.
2. v. To expose to great heat.
3. v. To be exposed to great heat.
4. n. The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.
5. n. Food, especially meat, that is broiled.
6. n. A rowdy argument; a brawl. See Synonyms at brawl.
7. v. To engage in a rowdy argument.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To cook by the direct action of heat over or in front of a clear fire, generally upon a gridiron, as meat or fish.
2. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over a fire.
3. Figuratively, to be greatly heated; be heated to the point of great discomfort.
4. To fret; stew; be very impatient.
5. n. An angry tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord.
6. n. Synonyms Affray, Altercation, etc. See quarrel, n.
7. To raise a broil; quarrel; brawl.
8. n. In mining, a collection of loose fragments, usually discolored by oxidation, resting on the surface, and indicating the presence of a mineral vein beneath. See outcrop and gossan.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To cook by direct, radiant heat.
2. v. transitive To expose to great heat.
3. v. intransitive To be exposed to great heat.
4. n. Food prepared by broiling.
5. v. transitive to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
6. v. intransitive (obsolete) to brawl
7. n. archaic A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
2. v. To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
3. v. To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
4. v. To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
2. v. heat by a natural force
3. n. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
4. v. cook under a broiler