- ballast down
- принимать балласт; притапливать
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ballast down
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Ballast — may mean: Objects: * Ballast tanks, a device used on ships and submarines and other submersibles to control buoyancy and stability * Ballast weights, metallic plates used to bring auto racing vehicles up to the minimum mandated weight *… … Wikipedia
ballast — Synonyms and related words: balance, break bulk, break out ballast, clear for action, clear the decks, consideration, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equipoise, equivalent, firm, firm up, freeze, give and take, hold, immobilize, keep … Moby Thesaurus
Ballast tamper — A ballast tamper or tamping machine is a machine used to pack (or tamp) the track ballast under railway tracks to make the tracks more durable. Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of… … Wikipedia
Ballast Point Light — Infobox Lighthouse caption = location = Point Loma, California coordinates = yearbuilt = 1890 yearlit = automated = yeardeactivated = foundation = construction = shape = Square height = convert|34|foot|0 currentlens = lens = Fifth order Fresnel… … Wikipedia
ballast — n 1. stabilizer, Aeron. sandbag, weight, packing, filling. 2. balance, equilibrium, equilibration, steadiness, steadfastness, stability; counterbalance, counteraction, counterpoise, equiponderance, countercheck, compensation. v 3. balance, poise … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
ballast — A word somewhat analogous to dunnage and applied to matter such as coal, iron, ore or stone, placed in a ship s hold for trimming the ship, and bringing her down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Great Western Ins. Co. v Thwing… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Track ballast — forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (US) or railway sleepers (UK) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to facilitate drainage of water, to distribute the load from the railroad ties, and also to keep down … Wikipedia
pin down — Synonyms and related words: allocate, anchor, assign, balance, ballast, bind, bridle, chain, collocate, counterbalance, denominate, deploy, designate, determine, dispose, emplace, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, firm, firm up, fix, freeze,… … Moby Thesaurus
weigh down — verb a) To act as a ballast for. We used some sandbags to weigh down the balloon. b) To be too much for someone to cope with. All the news of murder and famine is weighing me down … Wiktionary
weigh down — Synonyms and related words: ballast, bear hard upon, burden, cramp, cripple, cumber, embarrass, encumber, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, fetter, go hard with, go ill with, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble,… … Moby Thesaurus
nail down — Synonyms and related words: afford proof of, ascertain, assure, balance, ballast, bring home to, certify, cinch, clear up, clinch, counterbalance, decide, demonstrate, determine, dismiss all doubt, ensure, establish, find out, firm, firm up, fix … Moby Thesaurus
