buoy

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English buoy, boye (a float), from Middle Dutch boeye (a float, signal) or Middle French bouee, boue ("a float, marker, buoy"; < Middle Dutch), from Old Dutch *bōkan, *boukan (signal, beacon), from Old Frankish *boukan, *baukan (signal, beacon), from Proto-Germanic *baukną (sign, signal, portent), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- (to glow, light, shine). More at beacon.

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Noun [edit]

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Wikipedia buoy (plural buoys)

  1. (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
  2. A life-buoy.

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buoy (third-person singular simple present buoys, present participle buoying, simple past and past participle buoyed)

  1. (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft.
  2. (transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.
  3. (transitive) To mark with a buoy.
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