Buoying

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  • v. Present participle of buoy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of sustaining or keeping afloat; support.
  • Word Usage
    "An independent body would be able to verify figures, and remove suggestions that slight-of-hand is at work in buoying certain heavily-backed releases."
    Equivalent
    nun buoy   
    Verb Form
    buoyed    buoying    buoys   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    swim    float    support    sustain    hold    holdup    mark   
    Form
    buoyed    buoying    bell buoy    life buoy    can buoy    conical buoy    buoy up    ring buoy    breeches buoy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    float    dan    dolphin    nun    nut buoy    can buoy    spar buoy    bell buoy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bluey    Dewey    Fukui    Huey    Hughie    Louis    Sui    bluey    chewy    dewy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lifeboat    beacon    countermeasures    roadstead    datalink    breakwater    bleep