'Buoy' definitions:
Definition of 'buoy'
(from WordNet)
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
verb
Keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" [syn: buoy, buoy up]
verb
Mark with a buoy
Definition of 'Buoy'
From: GCIDE
- Buoy \Buoy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Buoying.]
- 1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. [1913 Webster]
- Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel. [1913 Webster]
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed. --Darwin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Buoy'
From: GCIDE
- Buoy \Buoy\ (bwoi or boi; 277), n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou['e]e a buoy, from L. boia. "Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae." --Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor.
- Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves.
- Breeches buoy. See under Breeches.
- Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage.
- Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped.
- Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them.
- Nut buoy or Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end.
- To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.
- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Buoy'
From: GCIDE
- Buoy \Buoy\, v. i. To float; to rise like a buoy. "Rising merit will buoy up at last." --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'buoy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- balefire,
- balsa,
- balsa raft,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bear up,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- bob,
- boom,
- breeches buoy,
- buoy up,
- Carling float,
- caution light,
- cork,
- cork jacket,
- ejection capsule,
- ejection seat,
- ejector seat,
- elevate,
- flare,
- float,
- float high,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- hearten,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- hold up,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- keep up,
- kick,
- leer,
- life belt,
- life buoy,
- life jacket,
- life net,
- life preserver,
- life raft,
- life ring,
- life vest,
- lifeboat,
- lifeline,
- lift,
- lollipop,
- Mae West,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- pontoon,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- raft,
- raise,
- red flag,
- red light,
- ride high,
- rocket,
- Roman candle,
- rubber dinghy,
- safety belt,
- sailing aid,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- siren,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- support,
- surfboard,
- sustain,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- waft,
- watch fire,
- water wings,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag