All ballasted synonyms
balΒ·last
B b verb ballasted
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- lade β to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
- stuff β the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- pile β the lower of two dies for coining by hand.
- carry β If you carry something, you take it with you, holding it so that it does not touch the ground.
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- pack β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- stack β a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- store β an establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis.
- fill β to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- hover β to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- wait β to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
- preserve β to keep alive or in existence; make lasting: to preserve our liberties as free citizens.
- secure β free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- balance β If you balance something somewhere, or if it balances there, it remains steady and does not fall.
- surfeit β excess; an excessive amount: a surfeit of speechmaking.
- weight β the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- glut β to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
- freight β goods, cargo, or lading transported for pay, whether by water, land, or air.
- mass β the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol
- flood β a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- ballast β Ballast is any substance that is used in ships or hot-air balloons to make them heavier and more stable. Ballast usually consists of water, sand, or iron.
- oversupply β an excessive supply.
- stow β Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- heap β a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
- gorge β to swallow, especially greedily.
- arrange β If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- swamp β a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation.
- lumber β timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- place β a particular portion of space, whether of definite or indefinite extent.
- weigh β to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases.
- chock β a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- containerize β to convey (cargo) in standard-sized containers
- brood β A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- stabilize β to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- hang β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- support β to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- float β to rest or remain on the surface of a liquid; be buoyant: The hollow ball floated.
- steady β firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- stand β (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- position β condition with reference to place; location; situation.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.