buoying — bɔɪ n. anchored float used as a guide to navigators v. keep afloat; support, sustain, encourage … English contemporary dictionary
float — I. noun Etymology: Middle English flote boat, float, from Old English flota ship; akin to Old High German flōz raft, stream, Old English flēotan to float more at fleet Date: before 12th century 1. an act or instance of floating 2. something that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Abraham Lincoln — This article is about the American president. For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). Abraham Lincoln … Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln's early life and career — Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, in a one room log cabin in Hardin County, Kentucky in a town now known as Hodgenville. Lincoln was named after his dead grandfather, who was killed in 1786, shot from ambush by an Indian while… … Wikipedia
encouragement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of encouraging] Syn. urging, prodding, reassuring, reassurance, assuring, heartening, animating, abetment, abetting, backing, support, buoying up, cheering, solacing, motivating, supporting, helping, boosting,… … English dictionary for students
encouragement — n 1. enheartening, heartening, reassuring, assuring, cheering, rooting, buoying, buoying up, Inf. chirking; stimulating, animating, motivating, emboldening, inspiriting, nerving, nerving up, building up, bucking up, rallying, boosting,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Buoy — Buoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buoying}.] 1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; with up. [1913 Webster] 2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Buoyed — Buoy Buoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buoyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buoying}.] 1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; with up. [1913 Webster] 2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Life-preserver — Life pre*serv er (l[imac]f pr[ e]*z[ e]rv [ e]r), n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. {Life pre*serv ing}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Life-preserving — Life preserver Life pre*serv er (l[imac]f pr[ e]*z[ e]rv [ e]r), n. An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water. {Life pre*serv ing}, a. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
