Main Entry: ²buoy

Function: verb

Date: 1596

transitive verb

1 : to mark by or as if by a buoy
2 a : to keep afloat b : support, uplift <an economy buoyed by the dramatic postwar growth of industry — Time>
3 : to raise the spirits of —usually used with up <hope buoys him up>intransitive verb : float —usually used with up