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upbuoy

upbuoy verb: to buoy up.

Verb

upbuoy (third-person singular simple present upbuoys, present participle upbuoying, simple past and past participle upbuoyed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To buoy up.

Forms of upbuoy

third-person singular presentupbuoys
present participleupbuoying
past participleupbuoyed
pastupbuoyed

Origin of upbuoy

From up- + buoy.

Questions about upbuoy

What does upbuoy mean?
Upbuoy means to buoy up.
What part of speech is upbuoy?
Upbuoy is a verb.
What is the past tense of upbuoy?
The past tense of upbuoy is upbuoyed.

Words near upbuoy in the dictionary

  1. upbuilding
  2. upbuildings
  3. upbuilds
  4. upbuilt
  5. upbulging
  6. upbuoy
  7. upbuoyance
  8. upbuoyed
  9. upbuoying
  10. upbuoys
  11. upburn

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