buoy
noun
1. bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Definition categories: communication, reference
verb
1. float on the surface of water
Definition categories: motion, float, swim
2. keep afloat
- The life vest buoyed him up
Definition categories: contact, hold, support, sustain
3. mark with a buoy
Definition categories: communication, mark
Sentences with buoy as a verb:
- to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.