| NOUN | communication | buoy | bright-colored |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | motion | buoy | float on the surface of water |
| contact | buoy, buoy up | keep afloat | |
| communication | buoy | mark with a buoy |
| Sounds | buw'iy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | chewy ... sinewy: 12 rhymes with uwiy... | |
| Meaning | bright-colored ; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | acoustic buoy | A buoy that can be heard (at night) |
| can, can buoy | A buoy with a round bottom and conical top | |
| conical buoy, nun, nun buoy | A buoy resembling a cone | |
| spar buoy | A buoy resembling a vertical log | |
| Broader | reference point, point of reference, reference | An indicator that orients you generally |
| Spanish | baliza, boya, boya salvavidas | |
| Catalan | boia | |
| Verbs | buoy | mark with a buoy |
| buoy | float on the surface of water | |
| Meaning | float on the surface of water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | float, swim | Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| Adjectives | buoyant | tending to float on a liquid / liquid or rise in air or gas |
| Nouns | buoy | bright-colored |
| Meaning | Keep afloat. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The life vest buoyed him up" | |
| Synonym | buoy up | |
| Broader | hold, support, sustain, hold up | Be the physical support of |
| Spanish | abalizar, mantener a flote, reflotar | |
| Adjectives | buoyant | tending to float on a liquid / liquid or rise in air or gas |
| Meaning | mark with a buoy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | mark | Designate as if by a mark |
| Nouns | buoy | bright-colored |
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