buoynoun [ C ]
uk/bɔɪ/us/ˈbuː.i/a floating object on the top of the sea, used for directing ships and warning them of possible danger
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Navigation & shipwrecks
- astrolabe
- channel
- chart
- circumnavigate
- dead reckoning
- lane
- lighthouse
- nautical mile
- navigable
- navigate
- navigation
- navigational
- navigator
- refloat
- sea lane
- shipwreck
- sonar
- sound
- the doldrums
- wreck
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buoyverb
uk/bɔɪ/us/ˈbuː.i/buoy verb (FLOAT)
[ T ] to prevent someone or something from sinking:
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Staying afloat, capsizing & sinking
- bail
- bail sth out
- ducking
- go
- go under
- ground
- keel
- keel over
- refloat
- resurface
- ride
- ride sth out
- right
- run
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank
- submerge
- sunken
- unsinkable
- waterlogged
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buoy verb (MAKE HAPPIER)
[ T usually passive ] to make someone feel happier or more confident about a situation:
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Encouraging and urging on
- abet
- barrack for sb
- bring
- bring sb out
- buddy
- cheer
- chin
- egg
- get in there! idiom
- get out of here! idiom
- good/great/lovely stuff! idiom
- goose
- hide your light under a bushel idiom
- invitation
- prepare
- prepare the ground idiom
- prod
- promote
- promotion
- shoulder
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buoy verb (MAKE SUCCESSFUL)
[ T usually passive ] to support something and make it more successful:
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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