disking
SayDISK-ing/ˈdɪskɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of disk.
He spent the whole afternoon disking the south pasture ahead of the rain.
Disking too often can damage the structure of the topsoil over time.
Note
One -ing form does two jobs here. It is a participle in progressive phrases (they were disking the field) and a noun naming the work itself (disking takes a day). On a farm it means harrowing. In aviation the same verb means turning propeller blades to zero pitch, face-on to the oncoming air, so they produce as much drag as possible. Context, not spelling, tells the two apart.
disking is a form of disk
disk, verb: To work soil by dragging a bladed harrow across it, cutting and leveling the ground. Full entry
- Spelling
- disk → disking: add -ing
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