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ballasts up

ballasts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ballasts up

What is ballasts up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ballasts up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ballast up.

Words near ballasts up in the dictionary

  1. ballastings
  2. ballastless
  3. ballastmaster
  4. ballastmasters
  5. ballasts
  6. ballasts up
  7. Ballater
  8. Ballathie
  9. ballatry
  10. Ballaugh
  11. ballbag

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