"ballast up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: ballasts up [present, singular, third-person], ballasting up [participle, present], ballasted up [participle, past], ballasted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ballast_up-en-verb--7gS6pqY
  2. (transitive) To ballast (lay a material on the bed of a railroad track) a track. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ballast_up-en-verb-PEwgKFUU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 82

Inflected forms

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