BUOY
Dictionary entry overview: What does buoy mean?
• BUOY (noun)
The noun BUOY has 1 sense:
1. bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Familiarity information: BUOY used as a noun is very rare.
• BUOY (verb)
The verb BUOY has 3 senses:
1. float on the surface of water
2. keep afloat
3. mark with a buoy
Familiarity information: BUOY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BUOY (noun)
Meaning:
Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("buoy" is a kind of...):
point of reference; reference; reference point (an indicator that orients you generally)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buoy"):
acoustic buoy (a buoy that can be heard (at night))
can; can buoy (a buoy with a round bottom and conical top)
conical buoy; nun; nun buoy (a buoy resembling a cone)
spar buoy (a buoy resembling a vertical log)
• BUOY (verb)
Meaning:
Float on the surface of water
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "buoy" is one way to...):
float; swim (be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Keep afloat
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
buoy; buoy up
Context example:
The life vest buoyed him up
Hypernyms (to "buoy" is one way to...):
hold; hold up; support; sustain (be the physical support of; carry the weight of)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Mark with a buoy
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "buoy" is one way to...):
mark (designate as if by a mark)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
