Buoy

[bɒɪ] or ['bʊi]

Definition

(noun.) bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards.

(verb.) mark with a buoy.

(verb.) keep afloat; 'The life vest buoyed him up'.

(verb.) float on the surface of water.

Typed by Enid--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

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

(v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

(v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

(v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.

Edited by Bessie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Float (to indicate shoals, anchoring places, &c.).

Edited by Gene

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Float, support, sustain, elevate, elate, assure, animate, cheer, inspire

ANT:Sink, drown, depress, swamp, overcome, deject, crush, fail, betray

Checked by Helena

Definition

n. a floating cask or light piece of wood fastened by a rope or chain to indicate shoals the position of a ship's anchor &c.—v.t. to fix buoys or marks: to keep afloat bear up or sustain: to raise the spirits.—ns. Buoy′age a series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels: the providing of buoys; Buoy′ancy capacity for floating lightly on water or in the air: specific lightness: (fig.) lightness of spirit cheerfulness.—adj. Buoy′ant light: cheerful.—n. Buoy′antness.

Checker: Lowell