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buoy
English
Etymology
From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), perhaps a special use of Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”) (compare modern bouée), probably from Frankish *baukn, or alternatively from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek ????? (bóeos), ?????? (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from ???? (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ow- (“cow”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA(key): /?b??/
- Homophone: boy
- (General American) IPA(key): /?bu.i/, /?b??/
- Rhymes: -u?i, -??
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?bw??/
Noun
buoy (plural buoys)
- (nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, or indicate a navigational channel.
- A life-buoy; a life preserver.
Derived terms
- lifebuoy
- light buoy
- mooring buoy
- buoyant
- buoyancy
Translations
Verb
buoy (third-person singular simple present buoys, present participle buoying, simple past and past participle buoyed)
- (transitive) To keep afloat or aloft; used with up.
- (transitive) To support or maintain at a high level.
- (transitive) To mark with a buoy.
- to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel
- 1839, Charles Darwin, Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries Visited by H.M.S. Beagle, London: Henry Colburn, Chapter 13, p. 303,[1]
- Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed.
- To maintain or enhance enthusiasm or confidence; to lift the spirits of.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[2]
- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- Buoyed by the huge success, they announced two other projects.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)[2]
Derived terms
- buoy up
Translations
Derived terms
- buoy up
- can buoy
- conical buoy
- bell buoy
- ring buoy
- life buoy
- breeches buoy
Anagrams
- buyo
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bout
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /b??t/
- Homophone: 'bout
Etymology 1
From Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend”), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). See bight, bought.
Noun
bout (plural bouts)
- A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
- a bout of drought.
- (boxing) A boxing match.
- (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- (roller derby) A roller derby match.
- A fighting competition.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
- (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
- The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.
- 1922, An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor, published in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:
- It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
- 1976, Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery, page 60:
- The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. […]
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
Translations
Verb
bout (third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)
- To contest a bout.
Etymology 2
Written form of a reduction of about.
Preposition
bout
- (colloquial) Aphetic form of about
- They're talking bout you!
- Maddy is bout to get beat up!
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?u?t/
- Hyphenation: bout
- Rhymes: -?u?t
- Homophones: boud, bouwt
Noun
bout m (plural bouten, diminutive boutje n)
- bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- haunch, leg of an animal as food
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- Synonyms: poot, schenkel
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- (vulgar) fart
- Synonyms: buikwind, scheet, ruft, wind
- bolt (crossbow arrow)
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- Synonyms: kruisboogbout, schicht
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- (Suriname) thigh
- bar, rod
- Synonyms: staaf, stang
- (archaic) darling, sweetheart, dear
- Synonyms: lieverd, lieveling, schat, schattebout
- iron (apparatus for ironing clothing)
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
- Synonyms: strijkbout, strijkijzer
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: baut
See also
- moer
- schroef
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French bout (“a blow”), derivative of bouter (“to strike”), of Germanic origin. More at bouter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu/, (sense 3) /but/
- Rhymes: -u
- Homophones: boue, boues, bous, bou, bout, bouts
Noun
bout m (plural bouts)
- end, extremity, tip (of a physical object)
- bit, piece, scrap
- (nautical) rope
Derived terms
Verb
bout
- third-person singular present indicative of bouillir
Further reading
- “bout” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From bouter (“to strike”)
Noun
bout m (oblique plural bouz or boutz, nominative singular bouz or boutz, nominative plural bout)
- end (extremity)
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