: to cultivate with an implement (such as a harrow or plow) that turns and loosens the soil with a series of discs
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Astronomers have observed hundreds of planet-forming disks surrounding young stars for years, many of which display gaps in their rings.—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025 In addition, Masimo also noted that this reversal comes after Apple committed an additional $100 billion in US investment for a total of $600 billion, in a ceremony where Apple CEO Tim Cook presented Trump with an engraved glass disk mounted on a 24K-gold base.—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 23 Aug. 2025 Today, as digital downloads have become more prevalent than physical disks, the need for an external hard drive is growing.—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025 Venus will be visible as a bright 'morning star' shining approximately 5 degrees to the lower right of the lunar disk, while Jupiter will sit less than 10 degrees to the upper right of the moon, forming the highest point of the cosmic triangle.—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disk
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Etymology
Noun
borrowed from Latin discus "discus, kind of plate, gong" borrowed from Greek dískos "discus," in Late Greek also "dish, round mirror, the sun's disk, gong" — more at discus
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