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1. (n.) buoy
an anchored float used as a marker or as a mooring.
2. buoy
life buoy .
3. (v.t.) buoy
to keep afloat; keep from sinking (often fol. by up).
4. buoy
to mark with buoys.
5. buoy
to sustain or encourage (often fol. by up):
Her courage was buoyed by the doctor's assurances.
6. (v.i.) buoy
to float or rise by reason of lightness.
Etymology: (1425–75; late ME boye a float < MF *boie, boue(e) < Gmc)
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1. (verb) buoy
bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
2. (verb) buoy
float on the surface of water
3. (verb) buoy, buoy up
keep afloat
"The life vest buoyed him up"
4. (verb) buoy
mark with a buoy
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1. (noun) buoy
a floating object for directing ships
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Buoy
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
2. (verb) Buoy
to keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up
3. (verb) Buoy
to support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency
4. (verb) Buoy
to fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel
5. (verb) Buoy
to float; to rise like a buoy
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Sense: a floating anchored mark, acting as a guide, warning or mooring point for boats.
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 Afrikaans: boei, dobber |
 Arabic: الطافِيَـه: عَوّامه لأرشا |
 Bulgarian: шамандура |
 Brazilian: boia |
 Czech: bóje |
 German: die Boje |
 Danish: bøje |
 Greek: σημαδούρα |
 Spanish: boya |
 Estonian: poi |
 Farsi: گوی راهنما؛ دریا چراغ |
 Finnish: poiju |
 French: bouée |
 Hebrew: מָצוֹף |
 Hindi: पथप्रदर्शन इत्यादि के लिए |
 Croatian: plutača |
 Hungarian: bója |
 Indonesian: pelampung |
 Icelandic: bauja, dufl |
 Italian: boa |
 Japanese: 浮き |
 Korean: 부표 |
 Lithuanian: plūdė |
 Latvian: boja |
 Malay: boya |
 Dutch: boei |
 Norwegian: flytebøye, flytemerke |
 Polish: boja |
 Persian: گوی راهنما؛ دریا چراغ |
 Pashto: یو سپک جسم چی له بیړی څخه |
 Portuguese: bóia |
 Romanian: geamandură |
 Russian: буй |
 Slovak: bója |
 Slovenian: plovec |
 Serbian: bova |
 Swedish: boj, prick |
 Thai: ทุ่น |
 Turkish: şamandıra |
 Taiwanese: 浮標 |
 Ukrainian: бакен, буй |
 Urdu: تیرنے والا نشان |
 Vietnamese: phao |
 Chinese: 浮标 |
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