Desk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Desk	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Desk
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desk n a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desk \Desk\, n. [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See {Dish}, and cf. {Disk}.] 1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath. 2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for [bd]the clerical profession.[b8]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Desk \Desk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desking}.] To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.