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buoy up
Overview of verb buoy-up
The verb buoy up has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) lighten, lighten up, buoy up -- (become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit")
2. lighten, lighten up, buoy up -- (make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit")
3. buoy, buoy up -- (keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up")
Antonyms of verb buoy-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy-up
3 senses of buoy up
Sense 1
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer, cheer up, chirk up
=> rejoice, joy
=> feel, experience
Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer
=> applaud
=> praise
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 3
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb buoy-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buoy-up
3 senses of buoy up
Sense 1
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer, cheer up, chirk up
Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer
Sense 3
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
'Cause To' of verb buoy-up
1 of 3 senses of buoy up
Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> lighten, lighten up, buoy up
Derived Forms of verb buoy-up
Domain of verb buoy-up
Domain Terms of verb buoy-up
Familiarity of verb buoy-up
buoy up used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb buoy-up
3 senses of buoy up
Sense 1
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 3
buoy, buoy up
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb buoy-up
3 senses of buoy up
Sense 1
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
> cheer, cheer up, chirk up
=> exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate
=> lighten, lighten up, buoy up
Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
> cheer
=> lighten, lighten up, buoy up
Sense 3
buoy, buoy up
> hold, support, sustain, hold up
=> scaffold
=> block
=> carry
=> chock
=> buoy, buoy up
=> pole
=> bracket
=> underpin
=> prop up, prop, shore up, shore
=> truss
=> brace
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb buoy-up
Sense 1
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer, cheer up, chirk up
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Sense 2
lighten, lighten up, buoy up
=> cheer
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Sense 3
buoy, buoy up
=> hold, support, sustain, hold up
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