A float; especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a CHANNEL, anchor, SHOAL, ROCK, etc Some common types include: a nun or nut buoy is conical in shape; a can buoy is squat and cylindrical above water and conical below water; a spar buoy is a vertical, slender spar anchored at one end; a bell buoy, bearing a bell, runs mechanically or by the action of WAVES, usually marks SHOALS or ROCKS; a whistling buoy, similarly operated, marks SHOALS or channel entrances; a dan buoy carries a pole with a flag or light on it
bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards mark with a buoy keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
Navigational aid There are several types and colors of buoys of which the most numerous are: the black can (seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon) the red nun (seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon) the red or green day beacon(seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon), and the vertically striped black-and-white channel marker (seen as a fuzzy black spot on the horizon)
A distinctly shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals, anchored to mark a channel, anchorage, navigational hazard, etc , or to provide a mooring place away from shore (Stein 1973)
(pronounced bü-ē) a rounded cork shaped object that is usually made of styrofoam that can float Buoys are tied with rope to traps to mark where they are in the water Each fisherman has a particular colour scheme for their buoys so that they can distinguish whose is whose
If someone in a difficult situation is buoyed by something, it makes them feel more cheerful and optimistic. In May they danced in the streets, buoyed by their victory German domestic consumption buoyed the German economy. Buoy up means the same as buoy. They are buoyed up by a sense of hope. an object that floats on the sea, a lake etc to mark a safe or dangerous area (Probably from boye, boeie, from boia ; because a buoy is kept in place with a chain)
A floating object employed as an aid to mariners to mark the navigable limits of channels, their fairways, sunken dangers, isolated rocks, telegraph cables, and the like
A float; especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a CHANNEL, anchor, shoal rock, etc Some common types include: a nun or nut buoy is conical in shape; a can buoy is squat and cylindrical above water and conical below water; a spar buoy is a vertical, slender spar anchored at one end; a bell buoy, bearing a bell, runs mechanically or by the action of waves, usually marks shoals or rocks; a whistling buoy, similarly operated, marks shoals or channel entrances; a dan buoy carries a pole with a flag or light on it