Levee
['levɪ;lɪ'viː] or ['lɛvi]
Definition
(noun.) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing.
(noun.) a pier that provides a landing place on a river.
(noun.) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court).
Edited by Davy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rising.
(n.) A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
(v. t.) To attend the levee or levees of.
(n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
(v. t.) To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Time of rising.[2]. Ceremonious party (properly in the morning), reception, entertainment, SOIRÉE.[3]. Embankment (along a river to prevent inundation).
Editor: Ryan
Definition
n. an artificial bank as that of the Lower Mississippi: a quay.
n. a morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage.—v.t. to attend the levee of.
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Examples
- Some miles from New Carthage the levee to Bayou Vidal was broken in several places, overflowing the roads for the distance of two miles. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It was found that the top of the levee afforded a good road to march upon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Why, Lord Steyne cut me at the levee last year; they are beginning to find out that Pitt Crawley is some one at last. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The land was so low and wet that it would not have been practicable to march an army across but for a levee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I recollect that I had transferred my headquarters from a boat in the river to a house a short distance back from the levee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About a million and a half dollars' worth of store and property on the levee and in storehouses was consumed by fire. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Well, my Mas'r was Mr. Ellis,--lived on Levee-street. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On the 2d of February this dam, or levee, was cut. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On a fine Sunday in term time, it is quite a Levee--quite a Levee. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We had to occupy the levees and the ground immediately behind. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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