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buoyed
Overview of verb buoy
The verb buoy has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. buoy -- (float on the surface of water)
2. buoy, buoy up -- (keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up")
3. buoy -- (mark with a buoy)
Antonyms of verb buoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb buoy
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
'Cause To' of verb buoy
Derived Forms of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
RELATED TO>(adj) buoyant#1
=> buoyant, floaty
RELATED TO>(noun) buoy#1
=> buoy
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
RELATED TO>(adj) buoyant#1
=> buoyant, floaty
Sense 3
buoy
RELATED TO>(noun) buoy#1
=> buoy
Domain of verb buoy
Domain Terms of verb buoy
Familiarity of verb buoy
buoy used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
buoy
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb buoy
3 senses of buoy
Sense 1
buoy
> float, swim
=> buoy
Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
> hold, support, sustain, hold up
=> scaffold
=> block
=> carry
=> chock
=> buoy, buoy up
=> pole
=> bracket
=> underpin
=> prop up, prop, shore up, shore
=> truss
=> brace
Sense 3
buoy
> mark
=> blaze
=> dimension
=> signpost
=> signalize, signalise, distinguish
=> buoy
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb buoy
Sense 1
buoy
=> float, swim
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Sense 2
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
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Sense 3
buoy
=> mark
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Grep of verb buoy
buoy
buoy up
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