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levee
1[ lev-ee ]
noun
- an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river.
- Geology. natural levee.
- Agriculture. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated.
- History/Historical. a landing place for ships; quay.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish with a levee:
to levee a treacherous stream.
levee
2[ lev-ee, le-vee ]
noun
- (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received.
- a reception, usually in someone's honor:
a presidential levee at the White House.
- History/Historical. a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as formerly by a royal or other personage.
levee
1/ ˈlɛvɪ; ˈlɛveɪ /
noun
- a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed
- (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon
levee
2/ ˈlɛvɪ /
noun
- an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding
- an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated
- a landing place on a river; quay
levee
/ lĕv′ē /
- A long ridge of sand, silt, and clay built up by a river along its banks, especially during floods.
- An artificial embankment along a rivercourse or an arm of the sea, built to protect adjoining land from inundation.
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Example Sentences
The Republican governor criticized the suit as beyond the authority of the levee board and is calling for it to be dropped.
Only when government scientists determine there is a risk of flooding will the middle of the levee be put in place.
The relevant government agencies could not locate sufficient funding to build a stronger levee, says Phannavong.
But then they saw the water rise—the result of the failed federal levee system that deluged 80 percent of the city.
“Their Heads, which decorate our Levee, all the way up the coast… look like crows sitting on long poles,” wrote one traveler.
Levee: a ceremonious visit received by a distinguished person in the morning.
A crevasse was made in the levee above New Orleans flooding much of the city.
I observed he looked tired with the levee, and begged to be allowed to write to her another day.
When the King held his court at Rambouillet, a curtain only separated his chamber and the levee-room.
The King held a levee of his officers while the Queen-Empress received 120 ladies of the families of the ruling chiefs.
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