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buoy
 (b    , boi)
KEY
NOUN:
- A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
- A life buoy.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
buoyed
,
buoy·ing
,
buoys
- To keep afloat or aloft:
a glider buoyed by air currents.
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- To maintain at a high level; support:
"the persistent ... takeover speculation, which has buoyed up the shares of banks"
(Financial Times).
- To hearten or inspire; uplift:
"buoyed up by the team spirit and the pride of the older generation back at home"
(Judith Martin).
- To mark with or as if with a buoy.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English boie, from Old French boue, probably of Germanic origin; see bh -
1 in Indo-European roots
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