ballast up
ballast up · ballasts up · ballasted up · ballasting up
To ballastTo ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).
The ship was ballasted up with sand and rocks.
(transitive)To ballast (lay a material on the bed of a railroad track) a track.
The workers ballasted up the tracks last month.
Forms
ballasts up, ballasting up, ballasted up, ballasted up| Base form | ballast up · to ballast up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | ballasts up |
| Present participle | ballasting up |
| Past simple | ballasted up |
| Past participle | ballasted up |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.