buoy
noun
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Sense 1 noun
bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
Types & categories
- reference point hypernym
- acoustic buoy hyponym
- can buoy hyponym
- conical buoy hyponym
- spar buoy hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
float on the surface of water
Types & categories
- swim hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
keep afloat
The life vest buoyed him up
Types & categories
- hold up hypernym
Related & opposite
- buoyant derivation
Sense 4 verb
mark with a buoy
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- buoy derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reference point |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | acoustic buoy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | can buoy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conical buoy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spar buoy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoyant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swim |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoyant |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | buoy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |