1. disk - Noun
2. disk - Verb
A discus; a quoit.
A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
The whole surface of a leaf.
The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in sunflower.
A part of the receptacle enlarged or expanded under, or around, or even on top of, the pistil.
The anterior surface or oral area of coelenterate animals, as of sea anemones.
The lower side of the body of some invertebrates, especially when used for locomotion, when it is often called a creeping disk.
In owls, the space around the eyes.
Source: Webster's dictionaryRadio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk. Fran Lebowitz
Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you add to your storage capacity. So your computer never hangs because you got enormous storage capacity. Lee Kuan Yew
Objects close to the eye shut out much larger objects on the horizon; and splendors born only of the earth eclipse the stars. So a man sometimes covers up the entire disk of eternity with a dollar, and quenches transcendent glories with a little shining dust. Edwin Hubbell Chapin
The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids. Yukio Mishima
Technology has moved away from sharing and toward ownership. This suits software and hardware companies just fine: They create new, bloated programs that require more disk space and processing power. We buy bigger, faster computers, which then require more complex operating systems, and so on. Douglas Rushkoff
I do everything from home. I broadcast commentaries for CBS News Radio every day - from home, on a disk that I mail in. I write a weekly op-ed piece for the 'New York Daily News,' and any books or plays or movies that I'm crazy enough to write, I do that from home. Charles Grodin