buoy
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(verb) mark with a buoy |
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Related Words: mark |
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| 2. |
(verb) keep afloat: "The life vest buoyed him up" |
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Synonyms: buoy up |
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Related Words: hold, hold up, support, sustain |
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| 3. |
(verb) float on the surface of water |
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Related Words: float, swim |
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(noun) bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards |
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Related Words: acoustic buoy, can, can buoy, conical buoy, nun, nun buoy, point of reference, reference, reference point, spar buoy |
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