Definition of Buoying. Meaning of Buoying. Synonyms of Buoying

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Definition of Buoying

Buoying
Buoy Buoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buoyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Buoying.] 1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up. 2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. --Burke. 3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel. Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed. --Darwin.

Meaning of Buoying from wikipedia

- A buoy (/ˈbɔɪ, buː.i/; boy, BOO-ee) is a floating device that can have many purposes. It can be anc****d (stationary) or allowed to drift with ocean currents...
- A SLOT buoy (short for: "Submarine-Launched One-Way Transmitter Buoy" or "Submarine-Launched One-Way Tactical Buoy") is a buoy with an on-board radio...
- The Buoys may refer to: The Buoys (American band), a pop rock band The Buoys (Australian band), an alternative rock band Boys (disambiguation) Buoy (disambiguation)...
- Look up buoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A buoy is a floating device of many types and uses. Buoy(s) may also refer to: Buøy, Hundvåg, Stavanger...
- A spar buoy is a tall, thin buoy that floats upright in the water and is characterized by a small water plane area and a large m****. Because they tend...
- The Southernmost Point Buoy is an anc****d concrete buoy in Key West, Florida that claims to mark the southernmost point in the continental United States...
- off the coast of West Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea. A weather buoy, named the Soul buoy after the soul music genre, was moored at the location. The nearest...
- A sonobuoy (a portmanteau of sonar and buoy) is a small expendable sonar buoy dropped from aircraft or ships for anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic...
- engineering design. Moored buoys have been in use since 1951, while drifting buoys have been used since 1979. Moored buoys are connected with the ocean...
- Buøy is an island in the muni****lity of Stavanger in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Hundvåg in the city of Stavanger. The 0...