disked

Broke up earth

Disked is the past tense of disk, meaning to work soil with a disk harrow—a farm implement with rotating circular blades that cuts and turns earth: We disked the field before planting.

The spelling disced also appears, following the British preference for disc.

agriculture

harrowed

Caused acute distress

broken · turned · aerated · seedbed · soil · furrow · field · implement · tractor · preparation

computing

formatted

Arranged according to specifications

drive · recorded · burned · copied · backed · archived · saved · floppy · CD · DVD

anatomy

circular

Forming a closed curve

intervertebral · spinal · cartilage · shaped · platelike · discoid · structure · nucleus · annulus · herniated

sports

thrown

Propelled by arm

  • frisbeeThrowable recreational disc
  • ultimateHighest or most extreme
  • golfClub-and-ball course sport

tossed · released · flight · plastic · course · fairway · basket · driver · putter · midrange

Opposites
soil cultivation method

diskedspaded

Dug with flat blade

hoed · plowed · harrowed · rototilled · cultivated

soil disturbance level

diskeduntilled

Not yet cultivated

no-till · uncultivated · fallow · undisturbed · unworked

Phrases
Family

disk, disks, hard disk, diskette, floppy disk, disking, optical disk, diskettes, disklike

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G