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disc

/dɪsk/ verb C2
  1. To harrow with a disc harrow.
  2. To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airflow and maximizing the drag generated by the propeller. · In the air, the asymmetric drag generated by a discing propeller can result in loss of control of the airplane.

He/she/it discs · Past disced · Past participle disced · -ing form discing

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Verb forms

Base form
disc
He/she/it
discs
Past
disced
Past participle
disced
-ing form
discing

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The moon was low upon the right, and the jagged pinnacle of a granite tor stood up against the lower curve of its silver disc.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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