Word Meaning

buoy definition and meaning

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.
v. t. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
v. t. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
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.
v. i. To float; to rise like a buoy.

Crossword clues for buoy

- Anchored float (naut)
- Channel marker
- Floating marker
- Keep afloat
- Marker
- Mooring float
- You come back to be sea marker?