| buoy | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. buoy | bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards. |
| ~ point of reference, reference point, reference | an indicator that orients you generally.; "it is used as a reference for comparing the heating and the electrical energy involved" |
| ~ acoustic buoy | a buoy that can be heard (at night). |
| ~ can buoy, can | a buoy with a round bottom and conical top. |
| ~ conical buoy, nun buoy, nun | a buoy resembling a cone. |
| ~ spar buoy | a buoy resembling a vertical log. |
| v. (motion) | 2. buoy | float on the surface of water. |
| ~ float, swim | be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom. |
| v. (contact) | 3. buoy, buoy up | keep afloat.; "The life vest buoyed him up" |
| ~ hold up, support, sustain, hold | be the physical support of; carry the weight of.; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?" |
| v. (communication) | 4. buoy | mark with a buoy. |
| ~ mark | designate as if by a mark.; "This sign marks the border" |
| emphasize | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress | to stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
| ~ background, play down, downplay | understate the importance or quality of.; "he played down his royal ancestry" |
| ~ set off, bring out | direct attention to, as if by means of contrast.; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" |
| ~ re-emphasise, re-emphasize | emphasize anew.; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" |
| ~ bear down | pay special attention to.; "The lectures bore down on the political background" |
| ~ evince, express, show | give expression to.; "She showed her disappointment" |
| ~ topicalize | emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence.; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'" |
| ~ point up | emphasize, especially by identification.; "This novel points up the racial problems in England" |
| ~ press home, ram home, drive home | make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something.; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas" |
| ~ emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize | give extra weight to (a communication).; "Her gesture emphasized her words" |
| v. (communication) | 2. emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore | give extra weight to (a communication).; "Her gesture emphasized her words" |
| ~ accent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, emphasise, punctuate | to stress, single out as important.; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
| hover | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" |
| ~ hesitate, waffle, waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| ~ shillyshally | be uncertain and vague. |
| v. (stative) | 2. hover, linger | move to and fro.; "The shy student lingered in the corner" |
| ~ hesitate, waffle, waver | pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" |
| v. (motion) | 3. hover | hang in the air; fly or be suspended above. |
| ~ fly, wing | travel through the air; be airborne.; "Man cannot fly" |
| ~ poise | be motionless, in suspension.; "The bird poised for a few moments before it attacked" |
| v. (motion) | 4. hover, levitate | be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity.; "The guru claimed that he could levitate" |
| ~ levitate | cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity.; "The magician levitated the woman" |
| ~ go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise | move upward.; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
| v. (stative) | 5. brood, bulk large, hover, loom | hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing.; "The terrible vision brooded over her all day long" |
| ~ hang | be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive.; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her" |
| ~ eclipse, overshadow, dominate | be greater in significance than.; "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness" |
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