Definition of buoy

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Buoy (v. t.) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel..

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Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.
Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
Buoy :: Buoy (v. i.) To float; to rise like a buoy.
Levitate :: Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table..
Buoyed :: Buoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Buo.
Buoyance :: Buoyance (n.) Buoyancy.
Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free..
Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..
Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables.
Volatile :: Volatile (a.) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly..
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..
Lightness :: Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace..
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object..
Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..
Waft :: Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float..
Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
Buoyancies :: Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyanc.
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..
Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.
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