Definition of Buoys. Meaning of Buoys. Synonyms of Buoys

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Definition of Buoys

Buoy
Buoy Buoy, v. i. To float; to rise like a buoy. ``Rising merit will buoy up at last.' --Pope.
Buoy
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 Buoys from wikipedia

- ocean currents. The ultimate origin of buoys is unknown, but by 1295 a seaman's manual referred to navigation buoys in the Guadalquivir River in Spain. To...
- A buoy tender is a type of vessel used to maintain and replace navigational buoys. This term can also apply to an actual person who does this work. The...
- "buoy" on Wikipedia. All pages with titles containing buoys All pages with titles containing buoy Buoy tender, a type of boat used to maintain buoys Jolly...
- 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...
- the pull phase of the swim stroke which this device helps to train. Pool buoys usually refers to the floating plastic lines used to demarcate lap lanes...
- foam rubber. See: Rescue buoy (Luftwaffe) During World War II, at the instigation of German Generaloberst Ernst Udet, large buoys were deplo**** in the English...
- 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)...
- disguise their real locations. The buoy ("Station 13010 – Soul") was part of the PIRATA system, a set of 17 buoys installed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean...
- difficult to manually release the buoy, or the compartment where the buoy controls are located may have been flooded, the buoys were arranged with automatic...
- Buoy is the official mascot for the Seattle Kraken, a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Seattle. The process of finding a mascot took two years...