disk /dɪsk/noun 10verb 2forms 3 noun10 •A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.A coin is a disk of metal. •Ellipsis of floppy disk.He still uses disks from 1979. •Ellipsis of hard disk. •Ellipsis of optical disk.She burned some disks yesterday to back up her computer. •Something resembling a disk.Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun. •An intervertebral disc •A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle. •(old-fashioned) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.Turn the disk over, after it has finished. •A type of harrow. •A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens. verb2 •To harrow.That is alkali. Mr. Kochendorfer: I have a ten-year apple orchard that I disked last year and kept it tolerably clean this spring. — 1916 •To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller. formsdisked · disking · disks
