buoy
booh ee
- n bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- v float on the surface of water
- v keep afloat
The life vest buoyed him up - v mark with a buoy
- And that will likely buoy the mood at next month's Summit of the Americas in Trinidad, the hemispheric coming-out party for Obama.
- And his statement may well buoy the flagging global momentum on climate change.
- At Landfall Navigation you'll find nautical charts and other supplies for sailors, plus quirky gizmos like the $7 key buoy from Davis Instruments.