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levee
leveeembankment to prevent flooding: The levee might fail in hurricane conditions.
Not to be confused with:levy – to impose a tax: to levy a duty on imports; the amount owed or collected; the conscription of troopslev·ee 1 L0137200 (lĕv′ē)n.1. An embankment raised to prevent a river from overflowing.2. A small ridge or raised area bordering an irrigated field.3. A landing place on a river; a pier.tr.v. lev·eed, lev·ee·ing, lev·ees To provide with a levee.
[French levée, from Old French levee, from feminine past participle of lever, to raise; see lever.]
lev·ee 2 L0137200 (lĕv′ē, lə-vē′, -vā′)n.1. A reception held, as by royalty, upon arising from bed.2. A formal reception, as at a royal court.
[From French lever, a rising, from Old French, from lever, to raise, rise; see lever.]levee (ˈlɛvɪ) n1. (Physical Geography) an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding2. (Agriculture) an embankment that surrounds a field that is to be irrigated3. a landing place on a river; quay[C18: from French, from Medieval Latin levāta, from Latin levāre to raise]
levee (ˈlɛvɪ; ˈlɛveɪ) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon[C17: from French, variant of lever a rising, from Latin levāre to raise]lev•ee1 (ˈlɛv i)
n. 1. an embankment designed to prevent the flooding of a river. 2. a natural deposit of sand or mud built up along the side of a river or stream. 3. one of the small continuous ridges surrounding fields that are to be irrigated. 4. a landing place for ships. v.t. 5. to furnish with a levee. [1710–20; < French levée < Medieval Latin levāta embankment, n. use of feminine past participle of Latin levāre to raise (see lever)] lev•ee2 (ˈlɛv i, lɛˈvi)
n. 1. (in Great Britain) a public court assembly, held in the early afternoon, at which men only are received. 2. a formal reception, usu. in someone's honor: a presidential levee; the Governor General's levee. 3. (formerly) a reception of visitors held on rising from bed, as by a royal personage. [1665–75; < French levé, variant sp. of lever rising < Latin levāre to raise; see levee1] lev·ee (lĕv′ē) A long ridge of sand, silt, and clay built up by a river along its banks, especially during floods.Levee a reception of ten held in the morning; any miscellaneous gathering of guests, 1672.Example: levees of ministers, 1874.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | levee - a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)reception - a formal party of people; as after a wedding | | 2. | levee - a pier that provides a landing place on a riverpier, wharf, wharfage, dock - a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats | | 3. |  levee - an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowingembankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection |
Translationslevee
levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of floodflood,
inundation of land by the rise and overflow of a body of water. Floods occur most commonly when water from heavy rainfall, from melting ice and snow, or from a combination of these exceeds the carrying capacity of the river system, lake, or the like into which it runs.
..... Click the link for more information. control. They are constructed by piling earth on a surface that has been cleared of vegetation and leveled. From a broad base the levee narrows to a flat crown, on which sandbags or some other temporary protection may be placed to contain unusually high waters. Levee surfaces are commonly protected from erosion by vegetation, notably Bermuda grass. A banquette, or low terrace of earth, is usually added on the land side of high levees to prevent loss of material from the slope through rain erosion. On the river side, plantings of willows, weighted brush matting, or concrete revetments protect those sections of levee that are exposed to strong waves or currents, while ditches or drainage tiles keep the foundation from becoming waterlogged. Levee systems require careful planning, with sections set back from the river to form a wider channel and with flood valley basins divided by cross levees to prevent inundation of large areas by a single break. The most extensive levee systems in the United States are along the Mississippi and Sacramento rivers and their tributaries. The dikes of Holland are a form of levee, and levee-type embankments are used along the Danube, Vistula, Po, and other European rivers.Levee a hydraulic regulating structure, usually a low earthen dam, designed to protect riparian land from inundation during seasonal or flash flooding of rivers. Levees are built chiefly on the floodplains of rivers. They receive the pressure of the water only periodically, when the level rises above the banks. levee[′lev·ē] (civil engineering) A dike for confining a stream. A pier along a river. (geology) An embankment bordering one or both sides of a sea channel or the low-gradient seaward part of a canyon or valley. A low ridge sometimes deposited by a stream on its sides. levee1 US an embankment alongside a river, produced naturally by sedimentation or constructed by man to prevent flooding
levee21. a formal reception held by a sovereign just after rising from bed 2. (in Britain) a public court reception for men, held in the early afternoon levee
levee a raised embankment along a watercourse which may occur naturally through sedimentation during overflow of the channel or may be man-made to prevent flooding.levee
Related to levee: Hurricane Katrina, natural leveeWords related to leveenoun a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)Related Wordsnoun a pier that provides a landing place on a riverRelated Wordsnoun an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowingRelated Words |