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Definition buoy

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), perhaps a special use of Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”) (compare modern bouée), probably from Frankish *baukan, or alternatively from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek ????? (bóeos), ?????? (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from ???? (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ow- (“cow”).

Noun

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; a life preserver.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
2. (transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.
3. (transitive) To mark with a buoy.
4. To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.

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