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Buoy - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'Buoy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Buoy [ n.]
- 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 . Buoy [ v. i.]
- To float; to rise like a buoy.
3 . Buoy [ v. t.]
- To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
- To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
- To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Meaning of 'Buoy' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . buoy [ v]
Meaning (1):
- keep afloat
Example in sentence:
  • The life vest buoyed him up

Nearby Words:

buolt buoyage buoyance buoyancies buoyancy buoyant buoyed buoying

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