levee

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈlɛvi/, /ˈlɛv.eɪ/
• (America) enPR: lev'i, IPA: /ˈlɛvi/, /ləˈvi/, /ləˈveɪ/

Noun

levee (plural levees)

1. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
2. (US) The steep bank of a river.
3. (US) The border of an irrigated field.
4. (US) A pier or other landing place on a river.

Synonyms

• (embankment) dike, floodwall

Translations

• French: digue
• German: Deich, Damm
• Portuguese: encosta, dique
• Russian: да́мба
• Spanish: malecón, dique

Translations

• German: Uferböschung

Verb

levee (levees, present participle leveeing; past and past participle leveed)

1. (US, transitive) To keep within a channel by means of levees.

   to levee a river

Translations

• German: eindeichen

Noun

levee (plural levees)

1. (obsolete) The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.

   • the sun's levee

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 414:

     The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox […]

2. A reception of visitors held after getting up.
3. A formal reception, especially one given by royalty or other leaders.

Verb

levee (levees, present participle leveeing; past and past participle leveed)

1. (transitive) To attend the levee or levees of.

   • He levees all the great.

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