English noun: buoy | |||
1. | buoy (communication) bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards | ||
Broader (hypernym) | point of reference, reference, reference point | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acoustic buoy, can, can buoy, conical buoy, nun, nun buoy, spar buoy | ||
English verb: buoy | |||
1. | buoy (motion) float on the surface of water | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | float, swim | ||
2. | buoy (contact) keep afloat | ||
Samples | The life vest buoyed him up. | ||
Synonyms | buoy up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hold, hold up, support, sustain | ||
3. | buoy (communication) mark with a buoy | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mark | ||