broil

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.
• intransitive verb To expose to great heat.
• intransitive verb To be exposed to great heat.
• noun The act of broiling or the condition of being broiled.
• noun Food, especially meat, that is broiled.
• noun A rowdy argument.
• intransitive verb To engage in a rowdy argument.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun An angry tumult; a noisy quarrel; contention; discord.
• noun Synonyms Affray, Altercation, etc. See quarrel, n.
• To cook by the direct action of heat over or in front of a clear fire, generally upon a gridiron, as meat or fish.
• To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over a fire.
• Figuratively, to be greatly heated; be heated to the point of great discomfort.
• To fret; stew; be very impatient.
• noun 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.
• To raise a broil; quarrel; brawl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• verb transitive To cook by direct, radiant heat.
• verb transitive To expose to great heat.
• verb intransitive To be exposed to great heat.
• noun Food prepared by broiling.
• verb transitive to cause a rowdy disturbance; embroil
• verb intransitive (obsolete) to brawl
• noun archaic A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun
• verb heat by a natural force
• noun cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
• verb cook under a broiler