buoy up

• فعل مركب يعني إبقاء شخص أو شيء طافيًا على سطح الماء، أو دعم شخص ما ورفع معنوياته وتشجيعه وإعطائه قوة أو أملًا.

A phrasal verb meaning to keep someone or something afloat, or to support, encourage, or uplift someone's spirits or morale.

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1. Keep afloatformal

   To keep something or someone floating on the surface of a liquid.

   الإبقاء على سطح الماء

   • The life jacket buoyed him up until the rescue team arrived.
   • Air pockets in the wood buoyed up the old shipwreck.
   • The raft was buoyed up by inflated tubes.

   المرادفاتfloathold upsupport

   الأضدادfloodimmersesinksubmerge

2. Support or encourageformal

   To give someone emotional or moral support, or to keep spirits high.

   يدعم أو يشجع

   • Her kind words buoyed up my spirits during the difficult time.
   • The team's victory buoyed up the entire community.
   • Positive feedback from the manager buoyed up the employees.

   المرادفاتboostcheercomfortconsoleencouragefortifyinspiritliftraisestrengthensupportsustainuphold

   الأضدادdemoralizedepressdiscouragedisheartendissuade

الفعل الأساسيbuoy