grilled

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɹɪld/
  • Rhymes: -ɪld

Etymology 1

From grill + -ed.

Verb

grilled

  1. simple past and past participle of grill
    The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.
    She grilled him over his whereabouts the previous night.

Adjective

grilled (comparative more grilled, superlative most grilled)

  1. Cooked on a grill.
  2. As if cooked on a grill.
    After a day in the sun, he looked more grilled than his hamburger.
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Etymology 2

grille + -ed

Adjective

grilled (not comparable)

  1. Fitted with a grille.
    • 1983, René A Bravmann, African Islam:
      High up, at second-storey level, are small openings cut into the wall and filled with shuttered, grilled windows []

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