buoy : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a buoy that can be heard (at night)
  

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• a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor.

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• noun a buoy with a bell on it
  bell buoy.
  

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• a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves.

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• noun a life buoy in the form of a ring with short breeches for support; used to transfer people from a ship
  

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• in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines.

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• verb become more cheerful
  lighten; lighten up.
  
  • after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
• verb make more cheerful
  lighten; lighten up.
  
  • the conversation lightened me up a bit
• verb keep afloat
  buoy.
  
  • The life vest buoyed him up

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• an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage.

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• noun a buoy with a round bottom and conical top
  can.
  

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• a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped.

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• noun a buoy resembling a cone
  nun; conical buoy.
  

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• noun a buoy with a bell on it
  bell buoy.
  

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• noun a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material
  life belt; lifesaver; life ring.
  

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• . See Buoy.
• a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them.

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• noun a buoy resembling a cone
  nun; conical buoy.
  

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• . See under Buoy.

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• a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end.

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• . See under Buoy.

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• a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt.

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• noun a buoy resembling a vertical log
  

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• (Naut.), a buoy anchored by one end so that the other end rises above the surface of the water.

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• to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor.

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• noun a buoy that makes a whistling noise
  whistle buoy.
  

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• noun a buoy that makes a whistling noise
  whistle buoy.
  

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• a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

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