steak

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”).

noun

1. beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
   "Don't fuck up my steak dinner, Darry." 2017, Letterkenny (TV series)
2. (by extension) 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
   The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […] But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna. 2013-07-26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […]”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32
3. (seafood) A slice of meat cut across the grain (perpendicular to the spine) from a fish.

verb

1. 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. 2000, Nick Karas, The Complete Book of Striped Bass Fishing, page 353