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Past tense of grill

regular verb

The past tense of grill is grilled. The past participle is also grilled.

Forms of grill

Base form (V1)grill /ɡɹɪl/
Past tense (V2)grilled /ɡɹɪld/
Past participle (V3)grilled /ɡɹɪld/
Present participlegrilling /ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/
Third person singulargrills /ɡɹɪlz/

Grilled in a sentence

  • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
  • In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book.2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi...
  • The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.From the entry grilled
  • After a day in the sun, he was more grilled than his hamburger.From the entry grilled
  • I'll have a grilled cheese and a bowl of tomato soup, please.From the entry grilled cheese

Meaning of grill

  1. noun A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. noun The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.
  3. noun On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.

Full definition of grill

Questions about the past tense of grill

What is the past tense of grill?
The past tense of grill is grilled.
What is the past participle of grill?
The past participle of grill is grilled.
Is grill a regular or irregular verb?
Grill is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: grill (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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