Buoy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|bɔɪ|
Brit.
|bɔɪ|
noun
- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
verb
- float on the surface of water
- keep afloat
- keep afloat
The life vest buoyed him up
- mark with a buoyExtra examples
The tax breaks should help to buoy the economy.
The hope had been the one thing that buoyed me up.
The party is buoyed up by the latest opinion poll results.
Increased demand for computers buoyed their profits.
You can use empty oil barrels to buoy up the boards so that you can get across the river.
The life vest buoyed him up
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: buoy
he/she/it: buoys
present participle: buoying
past tense: buoyed
past participle: buoyed
I/you/we/they: buoy
he/she/it: buoys
present participle: buoying
past tense: buoyed
past participle: buoyed
noun
singular: buoy
plural: buoys
singular: buoy
plural: buoys
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