What is the meaning of BUOY. Phrases containing BUOY
See meanings and uses of BUOY!BUOY
BUOY
BUOY
BUOY
BUOY
BUOY
Acronyms & AI meanings
Rambus
Parallel-To-Serial
The Bible Reader
Regional Running Program
Law Finance Group
Trackmania Nations ARENA
Stable Queue Manager
Planning and Coordination
Iowa Childrens Museum
National Nursing Organization
BUOY
BUOY
See under Buoy, n.
BUOY
n.
Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water.
n.
Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.
v. i.
To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
imp. & p. p.
of Buoy
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Buoy
v. t.
To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
n.
The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.
n.
Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
n.
Buoyancy.
a.
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
v. i.
To float; to rise like a buoy.
v. i.
To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
v. t.
To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel.
v. t. & i.
Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
n.
The act of buoying up; uplifting.
v. t.
To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
pl.
of Buoyancy
v. t. & i.
Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
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.
BUOY
BUOY