Usually means: Keeping afloat or lifting up.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word buoying:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. buoying: Merriam-Webster
  2. buoying: Collins English Dictionary
  3. buoying: Vocabulary.com
  4. Buoying, buoying: Wordnik
  5. buoying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. buoying: Wiktionary
  7. Buoying, buoying: Dictionary.com
  8. buoying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Buoying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Buoying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. buoying: FreeDictionary.org
  12. buoying: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buoying: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buoying: Encyclopedia

(Note: See buoy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buoy)

noun:  (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes
noun:  A life-buoy; a life preserver.
verb:  (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
verb:  (transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.
verb:  (transitive) To mark with a buoy.
verb:  To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
▸ Also see buoy


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