buoy

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English buoy, boye 'a float', from Middle Dutch boeye 'a float, signal; line, tether' (cf. Dutch boei 'buoy'), from Old French boie, buie 'line, fetter, chain', from Latin boiae 'fetters', originally, 'leather collar for the neck', from Ancient Greek boeîai 'strap of ox-leather', from boûs 'ox'. More at cow.

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[edit] Noun

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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 lifebuoy.

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nautical: a moored float

[edit] Verb

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.
[edit] Translations
To keep afloat or aloft.
To support or maintain at a high level.
To mark with a buoy..

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