Crossword-Solution: BUOY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Buoy | n. | 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. |
| Buoy | v. t. | To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up. |
| Buoy | v. t. | To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. |
| Buoy | v. t. | To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel. |
| Buoy | v. i. | To float; to rise like a buoy. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BUOY | anagram | BUYO |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with BUOY (5)
Lost as my own soul is, I would still do what I may for other human souls! I dare not quit my post, though an unfaithful sentinel, whose sure reward is death and dishonour, when his dreary watch shall come to an end!” “Thou art crushed under this seven years’ weight of misery,” replied Hester, fervently resolved to buoy him up with her own energy.
Neither was there buoy nor light nor any other mark to show larger ships the channel, and I wondered much at this.
All visiting pilots were useful, for they were always ready and willing, winter or summer, night or day, to go out in the yawl and help buoy the channel or assist the boat's pilots in any way they could.
The next order is, 'Stand by with the buoy!' The moment the shallowest point is reached, the pilot delivers the order, 'Let go the buoy!' and over she goes.
The _Smeaton_ rode at what sailors call a _salvagee_, with a cross-head made fast to the floating buoy.
Quotes with BUOY (3)
Windsurfing, the sound of the word contains all the mystery of a solitary buoy in the fog, echoing across the water at the end of the day.
Love to love, connection to connection, you carve your complicated path through life; leave one love behind, and the next one always seems out of reach. What can buoy you up in the meantime. What can underlie love, but love.
The four of them stand in the cockpit of the Misdemeanor as they motor from one town to another. They pass their house, which is not theirs any longer. Libby cuts the throttle, and they stall there in front of their sprawling memory. The four of them have come up for the closing; since all of them are owners, they all must be present to sign away this place. They have given most of the land to the Maine Preservation Society, and the house, they have sold to a family who promi…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Onion, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 114 times in crossword archives (1963–2025).