GRILLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grilled mean? 

• GRILLED (adjective)
  The adjective GRILLED has 2 senses:

1. cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)

2. cooked over an outdoor grill

  Familiarity information: GRILLED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRILLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cooked by radiant heat (as over a grill)

Synonyms:

broiled; grilled

Similar:

cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cooked over an outdoor grill

Synonyms:

barbecued; grilled

Similar:

cooked (having been prepared for eating by the application of heat)

 Context examples 

It is Sam Aylward of the Company; and here is your captain, Sir Nigel Loring, and four others, all laid out to be grilled like an Easterling's herrings.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is found in car exhaust, smoke from wood fires, tobacco, oil and gas products, charred or grilled foods, and other sources.

(Benzo(a)pyrene, NCI Dictionary)

Grilled or well-done beef, chicken or fish may raise the risk of developing high blood pressure among people who regularly eat those foods.

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Plain! You? Not at all. You are much too pretty, as well as too good, to be grilled alive in Calcutta."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Among participants who reported eating at least two servings of red meat, chicken or fish a week, the analysis revealed that the risk of developing high blood pressure was: 17 percent higher in those who grilled, broiled, or roasted beef, chicken or and fish more than 15 times/month, compared with less than 4 times a month. 15 percent higher in those who prefer their food well done, compared with those who prefer rarer meats. 17 percent higher in those estimated to have consumed the highest levels of heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) — chemicals formed when meat protein is charred or exposed to high temperatures — compared to those with the lowest intake.

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)