Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to buoy
Participle: buoyed
Gerund: buoying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | buoy |
| you | buoy |
| he;she;it | buoys |
| we | buoy |
| you | buoy |
| they | buoy |
Perfect
| I | have buoyed |
| you | have buoyed |
| he;she;it | has buoyed |
| we | have buoyed |
| you | have buoyed |
| they | have buoyed |
Past
| I | buoyed |
| you | buoyed |
| he;she;it | buoyed |
| we | buoyed |
| you | buoyed |
| they | buoyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buoyed |
| you | had buoyed |
| he;she;it | had buoyed |
| we | had buoyed |
| you | had buoyed |
| they | had buoyed |
Future
| I | will buoy |
| you | will buoy |
| he;she;it | will buoy |
| we | will buoy |
| you | will buoy |
| they | will buoy |
Future Perfect
| I | will have buoyed |
| you | will have buoyed |
| he;she;it | will have buoyed |
| we | will have buoyed |
| you | will have buoyed |
| they | will have buoyed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | buoy |
| you | buoy |
| he;she;it | buoy |
| we | buoy |
| you | buoy |
| they | buoy |
Perfect
| I | have buoyed |
| you | have buoyed |
| he;she;it | have buoyed |
| we | have buoyed |
| you | have buoyed |
| they | have buoyed |
Imperfect
| I | buoyed |
| you | buoyed |
| he;she;it | buoyed |
| we | buoyed |
| you | buoyed |
| they | buoyed |
Pluperfect
| I | had buoyed |
| you | had buoyed |
| he;she;it | had buoyed |
| we | had buoyed |
| you | had buoyed |
| they | had buoyed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would buoy |
| you | would buoy |
| he;she;it | would buoy |
| we | would buoy |
| you | would buoy |
| they | would buoy |
Perfect
| I | would have buoyed |
| you | would have buoyed |
| he;she;it | would have buoyed |
| we | would have buoyed |
| you | would have buoyed |
| they | would have buoyed |
Imperative
| you | buoy |
| we | Let's buoy |
| you | buoy |
Verbs conjugated like 'buoy'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'buoy'
boy,
bury,
busy,
buy,
abuy,
acoy,
ahoy,
baby,
bay,
bivy,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English boy, boye, from Middle Dutch boeye (“float, buoy”), from Old French boue (“piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”) (modern French bouée), ultimately from Frankish *baukn (“beacon”), from Proto-Germanic *baukną. Doublet of beacon.
2. Alternatively, and perhaps less likely (due to the unexplained shift in meaning), from Middle Dutch boeye (“shackle, fetter”), from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”), from Latin boia (“a (leather) collar, band, fetter”), from Ancient Greek βόεος (bóeos), βόειος (bóeios, “of ox-hide”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”).
3. Noun sense 2 was coined by American linguist Scott K. Lindell in 2003.
Sample Sentences
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The deceitful strength which had buoyed Eva up for a little while was fast passing away; seldom and more seldom her light footstep was heard in the verandah, and oftener and oftener she was found reclined on a little lounge by the open [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)