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Grilled has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of grill

"She grilled the steak perfectly before serving it to her guests."

In plain English: To grill something means to cook it by holding it over direct heat until it gets brown and crispy on the outside.

"We enjoyed grilled chicken for dinner last night."

Adjective
1

cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)

"The steak was perfectly grilled to medium-rare perfection over the charcoal pit."

2

cooked over an outdoor grill

"We enjoyed fresh vegetables and chicken that were grilled over an outdoor grill on a sunny summer evening."

3

Cooked on a grill.

"The new sports car arrived at the dealership with its hood and front bumper already grilled to match the aggressive styling of the model."

4

Fitted with a grille.

Example Sentences
"We enjoyed grilled chicken for dinner last night." verb
"My father grilled me about where I had been all night." verb
"We grilled the vegetables over an open flame for dinner." verb
"The manager grilled the staff during the meeting to find out why sales dropped." verb
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Origin

The word grilled comes from combining the noun grill with the past tense suffix -ed to describe food cooked on a hot grate. This formation follows the standard pattern of adding -ed to verbs to indicate an action that has already been completed.

Rhyming Words
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