a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
"The chef served us a juicy steak cut from the tenderloin of the beef."
beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for broiling.
"The chef grilled a thick steak to perfection for dinner."
In plain English: A steak is a thick slice of meat that people usually cook and eat as part of their dinner.
"We ordered grilled steak for dinner at the restaurant."
Usage: Steak refers to a thick slice of meat that is typically grilled or pan-fried rather than boiled or stewed. When used as a verb, it describes cooking food by searing the outside while keeping the inside tender and juicy.
To cook (something, especially fish) like or as a steak.
"The chef decided to grill the thick slice of tuna steak until it was perfectly seared on the outside while remaining rare inside."
In plain English: To steak means to cut meat into thick pieces for cooking, though it is rarely used as an action word and people usually just say they are grilling or frying the meat instead.
"The heavy boots began to sink into the soft mud, making them stick and resist every step forward."
The word steak comes from Old Norse, where it originally meant meat that was roasted on a stick or simply roast itself. It entered Middle English before evolving into its modern form through an irregular pronunciation shift in Early Modern English.