BUOY'ROPE, noun [buoy and rope.] The rope which fastens a buoy to an anchor. BUOY, verb transitive To keep afloat in a fluid; to bear up, or keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; with up. 1. To support, or sustain; to keep from sinking into ruin or despondency. 2. To fix buoys, as a direction to mariners. BUOY, verb intransitive To float; to rise by specific lightness.
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