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Meanings of buoy in English

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A floating device designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy, to prevent drowning.

      Spanish
      reflotar

      Keep afloat.

            reflotar
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            Examples for "buoy up"
            Examples for "buoy up"
            1
            Each one did what he could to buoy up the mother's hopes.
            With Those Who Wait
            2
            It not only rose itself, but helped to buoy up its unfortunate brother.
            The History of England, Volume I / From the Invasion of Julius C...
            3
            That was the sort of talk to buoy up Steve's spirits.
            In Camp on the Big Sunflower
            4
            He could buoy up her spirit with his own.
            The Snowshoe Trail
            5
            The demand for premium retail space will continue to buoy up the retail sector in 2002.
            The Irish Times

            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 English
                  1
                  Any positive reaction by global markets would almost certainly buoy the Gulf.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  However, with so much bad news forecast, any positive may buoy investors.
                  Reuters
                  3
                  When I had the sails set we were passing the sea buoy.
                  Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
                  4
                  With the sunrise the search for the buoy was begun in earnest.
                  The Second Deluge
                  5
                  Marks: Run 5 miles SW. from the whistling buoy off Cape Elizabeth.
                  Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
                  6
                  The buoy on the port is the southwest point of the island.
                  Within The Enemy's Lines
                  7
                  This may buoy the euro -the last thing that Lagarde needs.
                  Reuters
                  8
                  The forward harpoon assembly followed, trailing a red buoy on a line.
                  The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
                  9
                  He looked at the buoy; it seemed a very long way off.
                  The Three Midshipmen
                  10
                  In bad weather heavy seas toss the buoy, and the bell rings.
                  The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                  11
                  At one point Katy tapped Sam's shoulder and pointed to a buoy.
                  Death du Jour
                  12
                  The yacht approached the Flank buoy dead slow, scarcely stemming the tide.
                  The Lion's Share
                  13
                  Faith and hope only buoy the heart, and time brings the end.
                  The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
                  14
                  The buoy fastened on to the sounding-line had not yet been seen.
                  The Moon-Voyage
                  15
                  With that thought to buoy me, I stepped back into the room.
                  The iron king
                  16
                  So the abbot caused a buoy to be fastened to the rock.
                  Fifty Famous Stories Retold
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                  Buoy through the time
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