levee (noun)
1levee — I. /ˈlɛvi / (say levee) noun 1. a raised riverside built up naturally by the river by deposition of silt during flooding. 2. an artificial embankment built for preventing the overflowing of a river. 3. Agriculture one of the small continuous… …
2levee — Ⅰ. levee [1] ► NOUN ▪ a formal reception of visitors or guests. ORIGIN French, from lever to rise (such receptions were formerly held by a monarch after rising from bed). Ⅱ. levee [2] ► NOUN 1) an embankment built …
3levee — noun /ˈlɛvi,ˈlɛv.eɪ,ˈlɛvi/ a) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi. The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow labourer the ox [...] b) The steep bank of a river, or border of an i …
4levée en masse — noun see levy en masse …
5levee — {{11}}levee (n.1) 1719, natural or artificial embankment to prevent overflow of a river, from New Orleans Fr. levée raising, lifting; embankment, from French, originally fem. pp. of lever to raise, from L. levare to raise (see LEVER (Cf. lever)) …
6levee — I. noun Etymology: French lever, from Middle French, act of arising, from (se) lever to rise Date: 1672 1. a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed 2. an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her… …
7levee — UK [ˈlevɪ] / US / UK [ˈleveɪ] noun [countable] Word forms levee : singular levee plural levees a wall of soil built along the side of a river …
8levee — levee1 [ lɛvi, lɛveɪ] noun N. Amer. a formal reception of visitors or guests. ↘historical an afternoon assembly for men held by the British monarch or their representative. Origin C17 (denoting a reception of visitors on rising from bed): from Fr …
9levee — 1 noun (C) a special wall built to stop a river flooding 2 noun (C) old use a meeting in which a king receives visits from important people …
10levee — lev|ee [ levi ] noun count AMERICAN a wall of soil built along the side of a river …
