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Levee Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Levee? [n] a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea Synonyms \| Synonyms for Levee: dam \| dike \| dyke Related Terms \| Find terms related to Levee: affair \| arch dam \| assemblee \| assembly \| assignation \| at home \| backstop \| ball \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| bar \| barrage \| barrier \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| berth \| boom \| brawl \| breakwater \| breastwork \| brick wall \| buffer \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| caucus \| cofferdam \| colloquium \| commission \| committee \| conclave \| concourse \| congregation \| congress \| conventicle \| convention \| convocation \| council \| dam \| dance \| date \| defense \| diet \| dike \| ditch \| dock \| earthwork \| eisteddfod \| embankment \| fence \| festivity \| fete \| forgathering \| forum \| gate \| gathering \| get-together \| gravity dam \| groin \| housewarming \| hydraulic-fill dam \| iron curtain \| jam \| jetty \| leaping weir \| logjam \| matinee \| meet \| meeting \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| mound \| panel \| parapet \| party \| plenum \| portcullis \| prom \| quay \| quorum \| rally \| rampart \| reception \| rendezvous \| reunion \| roadblock \| rock-fill dam \| salon \| seance \| seawall \| session \| shindig \| shutter dam \| sit-in \| sitting \| slip \| sociable \| social \| social affair \| social gathering \| soiree \| stews \| stone wall \| symposium \| synod \| tenderloin \| turnout \| wake \| wall \| weir \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| Aswan Dam \| Aswan High Dam \| barrier \| High Dam \| Hoover Dam \| milldam \| weir Levee In Webster's Dictionary \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n. [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever}, n.] 1. The act of rising. `` The sun's levee.'' --Gray. 2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a {soir['e]e}, or evening assembly; a {matin['e]e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee. Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a {drawing-room}. \Lev"ee\, v. t. To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. --Young. \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See {Lever}, and cf. {Levy}.] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.] \Lev"ee\, v. t. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [U. S.]

Levee Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Levee?

[n] a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

Synonyms | Synonyms for Levee: dam | dike | dyke

Levee In Webster's Dictionary

\Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
[F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever},
n.]
1. The act of rising. `` The sun's levee.'' --Gray.

2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
   distinction from a {soir['e]e}, or evening assembly; a
   {matin['e]e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat
   miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
   or evening; as, the president's levee.

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
      by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
      {drawing-room}.


\Lev"ee\, v. t.
To attend the levee or levees of.

      He levees all the great.                 --Young.


\Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
{Lever}, and cf. {Levy}.]
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]


\Lev"ee\, v. t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
river. [U. S.]

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