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ballast

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Source Word

ballast

IPA(Pronunciation)

To stabilize or load a ship with ballast. / To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track. / To weigh down with a ballast.

Japanese Meaning

船にバラストを積んで安定させること / 鉄道の敷石にバラストを敷くこと / バラストで重くすること

What is this buttons?

They ballast the small freighter at dawn to keep it steady in heavy weather.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは夜明けに小型の貨物船にバラストを積んで、荒天でも航行を安定させる。

Sense（1）

To stabilize or load a ship with ballast.

Sense（2）

To lay ballast on the bed of a railroad track.

The task of a Railway Construction Company, R.E., is to lay and ballast the track; ….

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（3）

To weigh down with a ballast.

The noosance was … that to make the umbrella effective he would have to carry abroad such weight to ballast it as would put the whole contraption out of action for carrying abroad at all.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ballasts

（ present singular third-person ）

ballasting

（ participle present ）

ballasted

（ participle past ）

ballasted

（ past ）

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