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| NOUN | 1 | buoy | Bright-colored |
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| VERB | 1 | buoy | Float on the surface of water |
| 2 | buoy, buoy up | Keep afloat | |
| 3 | buoy | Mark with a buoy |
| Sounds | buw'iy |
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| Rhymes | chewy, Dewey, dewy, and 9 more rhymes in uwiy... |
| Meaning | Bright-colored. A float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. |
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| Broader | reference point, point of reference, reference |
| Narrower | acoustic buoy; can, can buoy; conical buoy, nun, nun buoy; spar buoy |
| Verbs | buoy; buoy |
| Meaning | Float on the surface of water. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Broader | float, swim |
| Adjectives | buoyant; buoyant |
| Nouns | buoy |
| Meaning | Keep afloat. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The life vest buoyed him up" |
| Synonyms | buoy up |
| Broader | hold, support, sustain, hold up |
| Adjectives | buoyant; buoyant |
| Meaning | Mark with a buoy. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | mark |
| Nouns | buoy |
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