Levee

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.
  • n. A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated field.
  • n. A landing place on a river; a pier.
  • v. To provide with a levee.
  • n. A reception held, as by royalty, upon arising from bed.
  • n. A formal reception, as at a royal court.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
  • n. A reception of visitors held after getting up.
  • n. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.
  • n. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
  • n. The steep bank of a river, or border of an irrigated field.
  • n. A pier or other landing place on a river.
  • v. To keep within a channel by means of levees.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of rising.
  • n. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening.
  • v. To attend the levee or levees of.
  • n. An embankment to prevent inundation; ; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
  • v. To keep within a channel by means of levees.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An embankment on the margin of a river, to confine it within its natural channel: as, the levees of the Mississippi.
  • n. Hence A landing-place for vessels; a quay, pier, or landing-stage.
  • To embank: as, to levee a river.
  • n. The act or time of rising.
  • n. A morning reception held by a prince or great personage; a morning assembly.
  • n. A general or miscellaneous assemblage of guests, without reference to the time of day; a reception: as, the president's levee.
  • To attend the levee of; fasten one's self on, or pester, at levees.
  • n. In irrigation, one of the small continuous ridges of earth surrounding the fields, or compartments, of land that is to be irrigated.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a pier that provides a landing place on a river
  • n. an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
  • n. a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
    • Antonym
    soiree   
    Verb Form
    leveed    leveeing    levees   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pier    wharf    dock    wharfage    embankment    reception   
    Variant
    matinée   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    matinée    dike    bank    quay    reception    floodwall   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chevy    Levy    bevy    chevy    heavy    levy   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    berm    embankment    dam    dike   
     
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