buoys
Anchored water floats
Buoys are floating markers anchored in water to guide navigation, mark channels, or warn of hazards: The red buoys marked the harbor entrance.
A life buoy is a flotation device thrown to someone in the water.
To buoy something is to keep it afloat or, figuratively, to lift spirits or sustain hope: The good news buoyed her confidence.
What buoys you up keeps you from sinking.
Passage for transmission
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- fairwayGroomed golf strip
- seamarkCoastal navigation landmark
- beaconGuiding light source
waterway · anchorage · mooring · port · maritime · nautical · shipping · coastal
Rhythmic vertical movement
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- driftingMoving without purpose
- tetheredFastened by a line
- flotationAbility to stay afloat
waterborne · surface · swell · waves · current · tide · submerged · ballast
Preserving human existence
- rescueSave from harm
- throwableCapable of being hurled
- swimmerOne who moves through water
- overboardOff a vessel's deck
emergency · coastguard · visibility · orange · reflective · distress · alert · warning
channel
Passage for transmission
beacon · waterway · anchorage · mooring · port · maritime · nautical · shipping · coastal · positioning
bobbing
Rhythmic vertical movement
flotation · waterborne · surface · swell · waves · current · tide · submerged · ballast · swaying
lifesaving
Preserving human existence
overboard · emergency · coastguard · visibility · orange · reflective · distress · alert · warning · signal
encourages
Promotes confidence in others
cheers · bolsters · lifts · inspires · reassures · emboldens · strengthens · comforts · revives · energizes
- fishing villagefisherman, fishermen, fishing boat, fishing fleet, nets
- marine technologysubmarines, submersibles, ROVs, underwater drones, diving equipment
- nautical navigationnautical charts, navigation charts, marine charts, shipping routes, sea charts
- New York HarborEllis Island, Liberty Island, Statue of Liberty, Staten Island Ferry, tugboats
- Panama CanalPanama Canal, canal locks, canal, lock gates, waterway
- port facilitiesdocks, piers, wharves, quays, jetties
buoyslighthouses
Coastal towers with lamps
beacons · piers · jetties · sea walls · breakwaters
buoysanchors
Weighted devices securing vessels
sinkers · weights · ballast · deadweights · lead weights
buoyssinks
Drops or wash basins
depresses · weighs down · deflates · discourages · disheartens
- buoy upSupport or encourage
- life buoyFloating rescue device
- buoyed upSupported from below
- buoying upMaking something float
- neutral buoyancyBalanced submersion state
- bell buoyFloating marker with chime
buoyant, buoy, buoyancy, buoyed, buoying, buoyantly, lifebuoy, lifebuoys, mooring buoy