Buoy (Verb)
Meaning 1
Float on the surface of water.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The life raft will buoy you up until help arrives.
- The rubber ring helped the child buoy on the water's surface.
- A flotation vest is designed to buoy a person's head above water.
- She was able to buoy herself up long enough for the lifeguard to reach her.
- A foam board will buoy even the most inexperienced surfer.
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Meaning 2
Keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The emergency flotation devices will buoy the swimmers up if they get tired.
- The inflatable jacket will buoy you up, allowing you to stay afloat in the water.
- The life preservers will buoy everyone up until help arrives.
- The water wings will buoy the children up while they learn to swim.
- The special suits were designed to buoy the scuba divers up as they worked underwater.
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Meaning 3
Mark with a buoy.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The authorities will buoy the submerged rocks at the entrance to the harbor so boats can avoid crashing into them.
- To warn swimmers of the shallow waters near the shore, the lifeguards will buoy the area.
- The group will buoy the location where the valuable cargo went overboard so it can be recovered later.
- Rescue teams will buoy the wreckage of the sunken ship with emergency beacons.
- Searchers will buoy the last known location of the aircraft with flares and warning signs.