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STEAK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("steak" is a kind of...):
cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "steak"):
fish steak (cross-section slice of a large fish)
beefsteak (a beef steak usually cooked by broiling)
Context examples:
When dinner-time drew nigh, Catherine took a nice steak, which was all the meat she had, and put it on the fire to fry.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I meekly ordered a bit of fish and a steak, and stood before the fire musing on his obscurity.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He paid a dollar each on account to the four tradesmen, and in his kitchen fried steak and onions, made coffee, and stewed a large pot of prunes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was a change for them to turn their backs upon the cooking of Weltjie and of Ude, or the chambertin of old Q., and to dine upon a porter-house steak washed down by a pint of ale from a pewter pot.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Away ran Catherine, and away ran the dog across the field: but he ran faster than she, and stuck close to the steak.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Supper was comfortably served and hot, though my aunt's rooms were very high up—whether that she might have more stone stairs for her money, or might be nearer to the door in the roof, I don't know—and consisted of a roast fowl, a steak, and some vegetables, to all of which I did ample justice, and which were all excellent.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
When the chair was not in use, it reposed on top of the bed, though sometimes he sat on the chair when cooking, reading a book while the water boiled, and even becoming skilful enough to manage a paragraph or two while steak was frying.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Well,” said the sparrow, “you shall have some more if you will; so come with me to the next shop, and I will peck you down another steak.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I am taken home in a sad plight, and I have beef-steaks put to my eyes, and am rubbed with vinegar and brandy, and find a great puffy place bursting out on my upper lip, which swells immoderately.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Why did you leave the steak to fry, and the ale to run, and then spoil all the meal?
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
