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buoy
[ boo-ee, boi ]
noun
- Nautical. a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc., or to provide a mooring place away from the shore.
- a life buoy.
verb (used with object)
- to keep afloat or support by or as if by a life buoy; keep from sinking (often followed by up ):
The life jacket buoyed her up until help arrived.
- Nautical. to mark with a buoy or buoys.
- to sustain or encourage (often followed by up ):
Her courage was buoyed by the doctor's assurances.
verb (used without object)
- to float or rise by reason of lightness.
buoy
/ ˈbuːɪ; bɔɪ /
noun
- a distinctively shaped and coloured float, anchored to the bottom, for designating moorings, navigable channels, or obstructions in a body of water See also life buoy
verb
- trusually foll byup to prevent from sinking
the belt buoyed him up
- trusually foll byup to raise the spirits of; hearten
- tr nautical to mark (a channel or obstruction) with a buoy or buoys
- intr to rise to the surface
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of buoy1
Example Sentences
Pointing their phones at the area around the buoys, they’d see the digital sculptures appear.
Waterfront landowners often express concerns that oyster farms near the shoreline — and the network of buoys and docks that may come along with them — disrupt their scenic views.
Now, satellite-tracked buoys that simulated wayward rafts suggest that there’s little chance that the seafarers reached the isles by accident.
Onboard a computer on the buoy out at sea, an automated detection algorithm harnessing the power of artificial intelligence identifies nearby vocalizing blue, humpback, and fin whales in near real-time.
Results are sent from the buoy via satellite to researchers who confirm the sounds, and match them to visual sightings from scientists and whale-watching boats in the area.
They also helped buoy Chavez's political fortunes, winning him momentum before a crucial recall vote.
And he will buoy hopes among Democrats that Virginia is reliably purple, if not blue, in the 2016 presidential election.
If you could launch these things from, say, a floating buoy, you could solve a lot of problems at once.
They gave me a jolt of encouragement that is going to buoy me for the rest of my writing life.
Bailouts, government guarantees, and the Fed's easy money policies helped buoy banks.
The Nora lies becalmed not far from the Goodwin buoy, with her sails hanging idly on the yards.
The buoy having been secured, an iron hook and chain of great strength were then attached to the ring in its head.
“You see we require stronger tackle,” said the captain to Stanley, while the buoy was being slowly raised.
He therefore gave the order to have the fresh buoy, with its chain and sinker, ready to let go.
He had caught the life-buoy, and having managed to get it under his arms had floated about for the greater part of an hour.
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