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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 | ||
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