Usually means: Floats on water, supports weight.
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We found 41 dictionaries that define the word buoy:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. buoy: Merriam-Webster
  2. buoy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buoy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buoy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buoy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Buoy, buoy: Wordnik
  7. buoy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. buoy: Wiktionary
  9. buoy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. buoy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. buoy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Buoy, buoy: Dictionary.com
  13. buoy (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. buoy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Buoy (disambiguation), Buoy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Buoy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. buoy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. buoy: Rhymezone
  19. Buoy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. buoy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. buoy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. buoy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. buoy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. buoy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. Buoy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buoy: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  3. BUOY: Acronym Finder
  4. buoy: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Buoy: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Buoy: Sports Definitions

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. BUOY: Glossary of Nautical Terms
  4. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  5. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See buoyed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
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.

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