Search Result for "buoy up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. become more cheerful;
- Example: "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
[syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up]

2. make more cheerful;
- Example: "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
[syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up]

3. keep afloat;
- Example: "The life vest buoyed him up"
[syn: buoy, buoy up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

buoy up
    v 1: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened
         up a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up]
    2: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
       [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] [ant: weigh down,
       weigh on]
    3: keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up" [syn: buoy,
       buoy up]