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Meanings of buoy in anglès
A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.
A little girl plays all the time with a friendly whale in a small pool. But one day the pool dries up and the whale vanishes.
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Usage of buoy in anglès
1
Any positive reaction by global markets would almost certainly buoy the Gulf.
2
However, with so much bad news forecast, any positive may buoy investors.
3
When I had the sails set we were passing the sea buoy.
4
With the sunrise the search for the buoy was begun in earnest.
5
Marks: Run 5 miles SW. from the whistling buoy off Cape Elizabeth.
6
The buoy on the port is the southwest point of the island.
7
This may buoy the euro -the last thing that Lagarde needs.
8
The forward harpoon assembly followed, trailing a red buoy on a line.
9
He looked at the buoy; it seemed a very long way off.
10
In bad weather heavy seas toss the buoy, and the bell rings.
11
At one point Katy tapped Sam's shoulder and pointed to a buoy.
12
The yacht approached the Flank buoy dead slow, scarcely stemming the tide.
13
Faith and hope only buoy the heart, and time brings the end.
14
The buoy fastened on to the sounding-line had not yet been seen.
15
With that thought to buoy me, I stepped back into the room.
16
So the abbot caused a buoy to be fastened to the rock.
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Buoy through the time
Buoy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common