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BALLAST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airshipplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ballast" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Derivation:

ballast (make steady with a ballast)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lampsplay

Synonyms:

ballast; light ballast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ballast" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)play

Synonyms:

ballast; ballast resistor; barretter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ballast" is a kind of...):

resistance; resistor (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelingsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ballast" is a kind of...):

attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroadsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ballast" is a kind of...):

crushed rock; gravel (rock fragments and pebbles)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they ballast  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it ballasts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: ballasted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: ballasted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: ballasting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make steady with a ballastplay

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ballast" is one way to...):

brace; stabilise; stabilize; steady (support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

ballast (any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship)

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