GRILL

n. & v. --n. 1 a a device on a cooker for radiating heat downwards. b = GRIDIRON(1). 2 a dish of food cooked on a grill. 3 (in full grill room) a restaurant serving grilled food. --v. 1 tr. & intr. cook or be cooked under a grill or on a gridiron. 2 tr. & intr. subject or be subjected to extreme heat, esp. from the sun. 3 tr. subject to severe questioning or interrogation. øøgriller n. grilling n. (in sense 3 of v.). [F gril (n.), griller (v.), f. OF forms of GRILLE]