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LevantenUK
Le·vant 1 L0136700 (lə-vănt′) A region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea north of the Arabian Peninsula and south of Turkey, usually including the area of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria.
Le′van·tine′ (lĕv′ən-tīn′, -tēn′, lə-văn′-) adj. & n.
Le·vant 2 L0136700 (lə-vănt′)n. A heavy, coarse-grained morocco leather often used in bookbinding. Also called Levant morocco.
[After the Levant1.]
le·vant L0136700 (lə-vănt′)intr.v. le·vant·ed, le·vant·ing, le·vants Chiefly British To leave hurriedly or in secret to avoid unpaid debts.
[Probably after the Levant, used as an example of a faraway place to which a person might abscond (perhaps with a pun on leave).]levant (lɪˈvænt) n (Tanning) a type of leather made from the skins of goats, sheep, or seals, having a pattern of irregular creases[C19: shortened from Levant morocco (type of leather)]
levant (lɪˈvænt) vb (intr) Brit to bolt or abscond, esp to avoid paying debts[C18: perhaps from Spanish levantar (el campo) to break (camp)]
Levant (lɪˈvænt) n (Placename) the Levant a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel[C15: from Old French, from the present participle of lever to raise (referring to the rising of the sun in the east), from Latin levāre]Le•vant (lɪˈvænt)
n. the lands bordering the E shores of the Mediterranean Sea. [1490–1500; earlier levaunt < Middle French levant, n. use (with reference to rising sun) of present participle of lever to raise (se lever to rise). See lever] levant
Past participle: levanted
Gerund: levanting
| Present |
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| I levant | | you levant | | he/she/it levants | | we levant | | you levant | | they levant |
| Preterite |
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| I levanted | | you levanted | | he/she/it levanted | | we levanted | | you levanted | | they levanted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am levanting | | you are levanting | | he/she/it is levanting | | we are levanting | | you are levanting | | they are levanting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have levanted | | you have levanted | | he/she/it has levanted | | we have levanted | | you have levanted | | they have levanted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was levanting | | you were levanting | | he/she/it was levanting | | we were levanting | | you were levanting | | they were levanting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had levanted | | you had levanted | | he/she/it had levanted | | we had levanted | | you had levanted | | they had levanted |
| Future |
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| I will levant | | you will levant | | he/she/it will levant | | we will levant | | you will levant | | they will levant |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have levanted | | you will have levanted | | he/she/it will have levanted | | we will have levanted | | you will have levanted | | they will have levanted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be levanting | | you will be levanting | | he/she/it will be levanting | | we will be levanting | | you will be levanting | | they will be levanting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been levanting | | you have been levanting | | he/she/it has been levanting | | we have been levanting | | you have been levanting | | they have been levanting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been levanting | | you will have been levanting | | he/she/it will have been levanting | | we will have been levanting | | you will have been levanting | | they will have been levanting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been levanting | | you had been levanting | | he/she/it had been levanting | | we had been levanting | | you had been levanting | | they had been levanting |
| Conditional |
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| I would levant | | you would levant | | he/she/it would levant | | we would levant | | you would levant | | they would levant |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have levanted | | you would have levanted | | he/she/it would have levanted | | we would have levanted | | you would have levanted | | they would have levanted |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Levant - a heavy morocco often used in bookbindingLevant moroccomorocco - a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. | | 2. | Levant - the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and IsraelMiddle East, Mideast, Near East - the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"Levantine - (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant | | Verb | 1. | levant - run off without paying a debtabscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
TranslationsLevantenUK
Levant (ləvănt`) [Ital.,=east], collective name for the countries of the eastern shore of the Mediterranean from Egypt to, and including, Turkey. The divisions of the French mandate over Syria and Lebanon were called the Levant States, and the term is still sometimes applied to those two nations.Levant the. a former name for the area of the E Mediterranean now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel MedicalSeestoraxLevantenUK
Synonyms for Levantnoun a heavy morocco often used in bookbindingSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and IsraelRelated Words- Middle East
- Mideast
- Near East
- Levantine
verb run off without paying a debtRelated Words- abscond
- absquatulate
- go off
- make off
- run off
- decamp
- bolt
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