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Definition of Buoy

1. Verb. Float on the surface of water.

2. Noun. Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards.

3. Verb. Keep afloat. "The life vest buoyed him up"

4. Verb. Mark with a buoy.

Definition of Buoy

1. 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. v. t. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.

3. v. i. To float; to rise like a buoy.

Definition of Buoy

1. Noun. (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel. ¹

2. Noun. A life-buoy. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To support or maintain at a high level. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To mark with a buoy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Buoy

1. to mark with a buoy (a warning float) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Buoy

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