English dictionary
buoy
/'b/u//i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
Source: webster1913
verb
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float on the surface of water
Source: WordNet 3.0
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keep afloat
ExamplesThe life vest buoyed him up.
Synonyms buoy upSource: WordNet 3.0
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mark with a buoy
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with <i>up</i>.
Source: webster1913
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To float; to rise like a buoy.
Source: webster1913