pin in Kashmiri कॉशुर
pin in Malayalam മലയാളം
pin in Sindhi سنڌي
pin in Tamil தமிழ்
pin in English
- pin⇄adj. pinlike.
- pin⇄expr. on pins and needles, very anxious or uneasy.
Ex. It does mean that a particular American industry is on pins and needles for many months and that the manufacturers can't make many plans ahead (Wall Street Journal). - pin⇄expr. pin down,
a. to hold or bind to an undertaking or pledge.
Ex. one of those pestilent fellows that pin a man down to facts (Washington Irving).
b. to fix firmly; determine with accuracy; establish.
Ex. We have pinned down t - pin⇄expr. pin on,
a. to fix (as blame or responsibility) on.
Ex. The police could not pin the crime on him.
b. to place (as one's trust or hope) entirely on.
Ex. I now pin my hopes on a meeting at Dieppe (Harriet Granville). - pin⇄expr. pins, (Informal.) legs.
Ex. Who ventures this road need be firm on his pins (Richard H. Barham). - pin⇄noun 1. a short, slender piece of wire with a point at one end and a head at the other, for fastening things together.
Ex. The tailor used straight pins to hold the cloth together for sewing.
2. anything that fastens, consisting essentially - pin⇄pin, noun, verb, pinned,pinning.
- pin⇄tent peg orpin
a stake driven into the ground, to fasten a tent rope. - pin⇄v.t. 1. to fasten with a pin or pins; put a pin through.
Ex. The tailor pinned the collar to the coat.
2. to fasten or attach firmly to or on; tack.
Ex. (Figurative.) A couple of professed wits, who ... had thought to pin themselves up