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ballasted up

ballasted up is the simple past and past participle of ballast up.

Meaning of ballast up

Verb

ballast up (third-person singular simple present ballasts up, present participle ballasting up, simple past and past participle ballasted up)

  1. (transitive) To ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).
    • The ship was ballasted up with sand and rocks.
  2. (transitive) To ballast (lay a material on the bed of a railroad track) a track.
    • The workers ballasted up the tracks last month.

Questions about ballasted up

What is ballasted up the simple past and past participle of?
Ballasted up is the simple past and past participle of ballast up.

Words near ballasted up in the dictionary

  1. ballast wagon
  2. ballast wagons
  3. ballastage
  4. ballastages
  5. ballasted
  6. ballasted up
  7. ballasting
  8. ballasting up
  9. ballastings
  10. ballastless
  11. ballastmaster

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