In 480 B.C., the new Persian king sent a massive army across the Hellespont to Thermopylae, where 60,000 Persian troops defeated 5,000 Greeks. The year after that, however, the Greeks defeated the Persians for good at the battle of Salamis.
1. (Weightlifting) the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a prescribed manner for competition or exercise.
weighing. 1  1 : to have weight or a specified weight It weighs one pound. 2  2 : to find the weight of Use a scale to weigh the apples. 3  3 : to think about as if weighing He weighed their chances of winning.  4 : to lift an anchor before sailing.