steak

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A relatively large, thick slice or slab cut from another animal, a vegetable, etc.

   venison steak, bear steak, pork steak, turtle steak, salmon steak; cauliflower steak, eggplant steaks

2. 2
   verb

   To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.

   Really large bass can be treated as filets, as we mentioned earlier, or they can be steaked. If they are to be steaked, they should be cleaned like a bass to be baked, scaled, and the skin left in place.

3. 3
   noun

   a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish

4. 4
   noun

   Beefsteak: a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.

5. 5
   noun

   A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

Etymology

From Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik (“roast; meat roasted on a stick”). The verb is either from the noun or from steikja (“to roast”). The modern pronunciation shows an irregular change of Early Modern English /ɛː/ to /eɪ/ in the standard language; contrast this with the development of other words such as speak and wreak.