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ballasting up

ballasting up is the present participle and gerund 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 ballasting up

What is ballasting up the present participle and gerund of?
Ballasting up is the present participle and gerund of ballast up.

Words near ballasting up in the dictionary

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

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