buoy

(noun, verb)

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.