BUOY
\bˈɔ͡ɪ], \bˈɔɪ], \b_ˈɔɪ]\
Definitions of BUOY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
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keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
By Princeton University
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bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
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keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
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To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.
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To float; to rise like a buoy.
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To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; - with up.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
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To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.
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To float; to rise like a buoy.
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To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; - with up.
By Noah Webster.
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A floating body moored to the bottom to show the position of rocks or shoals beneath the water, or to mark a channel; a device to support a person in the water.
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To keep afloat in a fluid; usually with up; to mark with floats to indicate a channel; to support; as, to buoy up one's hope.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A floating cask or light piece of wood fastened by a rope or chain to indicate shoals, the position of a ship's anchor, etc.
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To fix buoys or marks: to keep afloat, bear up, or sustain.
By Daniel Lyons
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A cask or watertight vessel which floats on the water to mark the situation of something below.
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To keep afloat; sustain.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To keep afloat; support; mark with buoys.
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A float moored, as on a rock or shoal, for a guide to navigators.
By James Champlin Fernald
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