Meanings
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verb
to make a ship steady with a ballast
We need to ballast the ship.
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Forms
ballastedballastingballasts
Derived forms
autoballasterballastageballastlessballastmasterdeballastoverballastreballastreballastingunballastunballasted
Etymology
From Middle English bar (“bare”) + last (“load”).
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