buoy up, v.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
become more cheerful
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
buoy up lighten lighten up
sample sentences
"after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"verb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----sverb frames
Somebody ----s
semantic pointers
hypernym
keep afloat
<verb.contact>
buoy buoy up
sample sentences
"The life vest buoyed him up"verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
verb frames
Something ----s somebodySomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
make more cheerful
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
buoy up lighten lighten up
sample sentences
"the conversation lightened me up a bit"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomething ----s somebody
lexical pointers
antonym