What is the meaning of buoy?

noun

  • Bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards.

verb

  • Float on the surface of water.
  • Keep afloat.
    • usage: "The life vest buoyed him up"
  • Mark with a buoy. .
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