grilled
v.v. to cook food on a metal frame over a very hot fire. It can also mean to ask someone many difficult questions for a long time to get information.
v. to cook food on a grill or over an open flame; figuratively, to subject someone to intense and persistent questioning. Transitive — requires a direct object.
We grilled the chicken on the barbecue for dinner.
The detectives grilled the suspect for six hours until he finally admitted to being at the scene.
While the chef grilled the salmon to perfection over cedar planks, the journalists grilled the restaurant owner about the recent health inspection failures.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.
The meat was grilled for the chef.The chef grilled the meat.While the passive voice is possible, learners often use it awkwardly; 'grilled' usually describes the action of the cook on the food.