desk
/dɛsk/ verb C2- To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
- To equip with a desk or desks.
- To reject (an article submitted to a newspaper or academic journal etc.) on initial receipt, without reviewing it further.
He/she/it desks · Past desked · Past participle desked · -ing form desking
Verb forms
- Base form
- desk
- He/she/it
- desks
- Past
- desked
- Past participle
- desked
- -ing form
- desking
From the library
“What else can be indicated by that right cuff so very shiny for five inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the elbow where you rest it upon the desk?”
He had entered Villefort’s office expecting that the magistrate would tremble at the sight of him; on the contrary, he felt a cold shudder all over him when he saw Villefort sitting there with his elbow on his desk, and his head leaning on his hand.
Sit at this desk and write to my dictation.
It was a small tin cash-box which stood upon the writing-desk.
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