Definition of buoy

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Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

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Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.
Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..
Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..
Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
Ligan :: Ligan (n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam..
-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..
Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..
Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
Can Buoy :: Can buoy () See under Buoy, n..
Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Waftage :: Waftage (n.) Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water..
Levitate :: Levitate (v. i.) To rise, or tend to rise, as if lighter than the surrounding medium; to become buoyant; -- opposed to gravitate..
Buoyancies :: Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyanc.
Insubmergible :: Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.
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