weigh in Tamil தமிழ்
weigh in English
- weigh⇄expr. weigh down,
a. to force or bend down by pressure of weight.
Ex. The porter's back was weighed down by the heavy loads he carried.
b. (Figurative.) to burden; depress; oppress.
Ex. He was weighed down by his sorrows. The pe - weigh⇄expr. weigh in with, (Informal.) to introduce or produce (something that is additional or extra).
Ex. [He] weighed in with some genially barbed compliments and a Latin quotation (Punch). - weigh⇄expr. weigh in,
a. to verify the weight of (a jockey) after a horse race.
Ex. The Clerk of the Scales ... shall in all cases weigh in the riders of the horses, and report to the stewards any jockey not presenting himself to be weighed in (En - weigh⇄expr. weigh on (or upon), to depress.
Ex. The London atmosphere weighs on me (Jane Welsh Carlyle). The silence began to weigh upon her (J. L. Allen). - weigh⇄expr. weigh out,
a. to verify the weight of (a jockey) before a horse race.
Ex. The stakeholder shall not allow a jockey to be weighed out for any horse until such horse's stake [shall] have been paid (Encyclopedia of Sports).
b. to b - weigh⇄noun weigher.
- weigh⇄v.i. 1. to have as a measure by weight.
Ex. to weigh 140 pounds. He weighs more than I do.
2. (Figurative.) to have importance or influence; carry weight.
Ex. The amount of his salary does not weigh with him at all, because he is very - weigh⇄weigh (1), transitive verb.
1. to find out how heavy a thing is; measure the heaviness of by means of scales.
Ex. to weigh oneself, to weigh a bag of sugar.
2. to measure by weight.
Ex. The grocer weighed out five pounds of apples - weigh⇄weigh (2), noun.
expr. under weigh, under way.
Ex. She got under weigh with very little fuss, and came so near us as to throw a letter on board (Richard H. Dana).