buoy

Speech parts

1. buoy - Noun

2. buoy - Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

To float; to rise like a buoy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

buoy up thistle beacon gladden lollipop support signal guide prop semaphore balsa floater raise encourage lift
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Antonyms

harrow bower basin dent pall daunt
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Hypernyms

mark support hold reference sustain swim

Hyponyms

can nun can buoy nun buoy conical buoy acoustic buoy

Phrases with the word

radio buoy decompression buoy lost the breeches buoy buoy-marked ring buoy whistle buoy

Derivatives

buoyed buoying

Anagrams

buyo

Examples

The life vest buoyed him up Source: Internet

A cable repair ship will be sent to the location to drop a marker buoy near the break. Source: Internet

After the skier has run their maximum speed pass, the rope is shortened at specific increments to make it more difficult to reach the buoy width. Source: Internet

An oceanographic buoy array was established in the Pacific to allow prediction of El Niño events. Source: Internet

A However, a freak storm caused the temperature to reach convert for a time at a World Meteorological Organization buoy, located at 87.45°N, on December 30, 2015. Source: Internet

Competitors line up at the start, race to a stake, moored boat, or buoy some distance away, and return. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Buono Buonocore Buonomo buoy rope buoy tender buoy up