Definition of buoy

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Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.

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Buoying :: Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buo.
Buoy :: Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
Waft :: Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float..
Buoy :: Buoy (n.) 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..
Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Can Buoy :: Can buoy () See under Buoy, n..
Lightness :: Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace..
Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier..
Buoyed :: Buoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Buo.
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits..
Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..
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