Buoy



1.
(FIGURATIVE) ជួយ, គាំទ្រ, គាំពារ, ការពារ, តស៊ូនឹង, អះអាង, buoy a channel ដាក់ពោង
noun
1.
(NAUTICAL) (An anchored floating object marking a navigable channel to warn of rocks, etc, or to mark a channel a lifebuoy) ពោង (សញ្ញាប្រាប់ផ្លូវនាវា)
verbpast tense: buoyed ; past participle: buoyed ; present participle: buoying ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody something (up) (to fix buoys. to buoy up, to keep afloat) ដាក់ពោង, បណ្ដែតពោង
  • buoy up
    - លើក
    - លើកទីចិត្ដ
    - ណ្ដែតឡើង
    - ធ្វើឱ្យអណ្ដែត (ដោយប្រើពោង)
  • buoy up spirits
    - លើកទឹកចិត្ដ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc.
verbpast tense: buoyed ; past participle: buoyed ; present participle: buoying ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To float; to rise like a buoy.