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...
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- "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...
- 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...
- platforms, spar buoys are po****r for making oceanographic measurements. Adjustment of the water plane area and the m**** allows spar buoys to be tuned so...
- 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...
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- 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...
- ships with "radio-sonobuoys", and placed the new buoys in service beginning in July 1936. These buoys weighed 700 pounds (320 kg), could be deplo**** or...
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