buoy-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: (cause to) float (as if) on the surface of the water

Commentary: Includes: BUOY UP
NOTE: Includes metaphorical uses

Examples:
The vote buoyed the bureaucrats.
Then she was buoyed by the sea and eventually returned to shore.
These payments buoyed the otherwise depressed economy of the reconquered provinces.
The whole body is buoyed up by a force equal to the sum of the forces acting on the elementary cylinders.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: buoy.01,buoy.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buoy_up 3

Sense Number 2: BUOY UP: (cause to) become more cheerful

Commentary: IS: BUOY UP

Examples:
Her comment buoyed up my spirits.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
buoy_up 1, 2

Sense Number 3: Mark with a buoy

Examples:
We buoyed the area with plastic bottles to indicate safe depths.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3