English to English
buoy
('b/u//i/
)
noun (n)
- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- float on the surface of water(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- mark with a buoy(verb.communication)source: wordnet30
- To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.(verb)source: webster1913
- To float; to rise like a buoy.(verb)source: webster1913
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