buoy

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for buoy

buoy 🔊 /buˈi/

buoy : ඉපියා කඳ

buoy : උසුලනවා

buoy : බෝයාව

buoy definition

Noun. A float; Especially. 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.

Transitive verb.

  1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
  2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
  3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Intransitive verb. To float; to rise like a buoy.