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buoy

('b/u//i/ )

bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards(noun.communication)

source: wordnet30
A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.(noun)

source: webster1913

float on the surface of water(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
keep afloat(verb.contact)

Example:
The life vest buoyed him up.

Synonym:
buoy up

source: wordnet30
mark with a buoy(verb.communication)

source: wordnet30
To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.(verb)

source: webster1913
To float; to rise like a buoy.(verb)

source: webster1913

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