nnoun.communicationbright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazardsDerivationally Related Form:buoy
Hypernyms:point of reference reference reference point
Inherited Hypernyms:buoyreference pointindicatorsignalcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:acoustic buoycancan buoyconical buoynunnun buoyspar buoy
Full Hyponyms:acoustic buoybell buoycanconical buoyspar buoywhistle buoy
vverb.motionfloat on the surface of waterDerivationally Related Form:buoyantbuoy
Hypernyms:float swim
Inherited Hypernyms:buoyfloattravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contactkeep afloatSynset:buoy up
Examples:- The life vest buoyed him up
Derivationally Related Form:buoyant
Hypernyms:hold hold up support sustain
Inherited Hypernyms:buoyhold
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationmark with a buoyDerivationally Related Form:buoy
Hypernyms:mark
Inherited Hypernyms:buoymarkbespeaktellinformcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something