About The Word Levee
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Levee
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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.] |
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