verb · transitive · rare

buoy

buoy · buoys · buoyed · buoying

tragen, über Wasser halten, hoch halten, oben halten

To keep afloat or aloftTo keep afloat or aloft; used with up.

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/ˈbɔɪ/

» Let's swim out to the buoy.

Schwimmen wir raus bis zur Boje!

Гайда пливти до буйка!

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
aufbojen, flott erhalten, auf der Wasseroberfläche halten
keep afloat
(transitive)To support or maintain at a high level.
oben halten, hoch halten, aufrechterhalten
(transitive)To mark with a buoy.
to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel
mit einer Boje markieren, mit Bojen markieren, ausbojen
mark with a buoy
To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
beflügeln

Examples

5 sentences

Let's swim out to the buoy.
Гайда пливти до буйка!
deSchwimmen wir raus bis zur Boje!
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The yacht sailed around a buoy.
deDie Jacht umsegelte eine Boje.
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The yacht sailed round a buoy.
deDie Jacht segelte um eine Boje herum.
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Thomas crashed into a buoy and damaged his boat.
ruТомас врезался в буй и повредил лодку.
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Florence was for me a life buoy in the sea of life.
ruФлоренция была для меня спасательным кругом в море жизни.
deFlorenz war mir eine Rettungsboje im Meer des Lebens.
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 4

keep afloat or aloft:

support or maintain at a high level:

mark with a buoy:

maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence:

Origin

From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French bo

From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Doublet of beacon.

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