ballast up

verb

To ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).

“The ship was ballasted up with sand and rocks.”

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Meanings

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

present singular third person ballasts up · participle present ballasting up · participle past ballasted up · past ballasted up

  1. transitiveTo ballast (stabilize or load with a weight) (something, e.g. a ship).

    The ship was ballasted up with sand and rocks.

  2. transitiveTo ballast (lay a material on the bed of a railroad track) a track.

    The workers ballasted up the tracks last month.

Cite this entry
APA

ballast up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballast%20up

MLA

“ballast up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballast%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballast up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballast%20up.

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