Definitions for Levee
ˈlɛv i, lɛˈvilev·ee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. leveenoun

   a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)

2. leveenoun

   a pier that provides a landing place on a river

3. leveenoun

   an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEVEEnoun

   Etymology: French.

   1. The time of rising.2. The concourse of those who croud round a man of power in a morning.

   The servile rout their careful Cæsar praise;
   Him they extol, they worship him alone,
   They croud his levees, and support his throne. Dryden.

   Woud’st thou be first minister of state?
   To have thy levees crouded with resort,
   Of a depending, gaping, servile court. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   None of her Sylvan subjects made their court,
   Levees and couchees pass’d without resort. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Levee

   A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall that regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.

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1. levee

   A levee is a man-made structure, usually an embankment, wall, or barrier, built along a river or other water body to prevent flooding of the adjacent land by controlling the flow of water.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leveenoun

   the act of rising

2. Leveenoun

   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

3. Leveeverb

   to attend the levee or levees of

4. Leveenoun

   an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river

5. Leveeverb

   to keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river

6. Etymology: [F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Levee

   A levee, levée, dike, embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying coastlines.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Levee

   lev′ā, lev′ē, le-vē′, n. a morning assembly of visitors: an assembly received by a sovereign or other great personage.—v.t. to attend the levee of. [Fr. lever, to rise.]

2. Levee

   le-vē′, n. an artificial bank, as that of the Lower Mississippi: a quay. [Fr.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Levee

   a morning reception held by the sovereign or some one of high rank.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. levee

   A French word for a mole or causeway, adopted of late for river embankments of magnitude, as those of the Po, the Thames, and the Mississippi.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. levee

   A type of embankment.

   There are a variety of levee, some beside a pier, a river or a field.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 6, 2015  

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1. Levee

   Levee vs. Levy -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Levee and Levy.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Levee

   A French word applied to a royal reception, from lever, arising, because in former times such a function took place in the King’s bed-chamber at the hour of rising.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEVEE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Levee is ranked #48160 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Levee surname appeared 439 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Levee.
   
   94.3% or 414 total occurrences were White.
   2.5% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.3% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Embankment
   • Pier
   • Reception

How to pronounce Levee?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Levee in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Levee in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Levee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Levee in a Sentence

1. Terry Purvis:

   Last night we had a levy that was breaching. We evacuated Garland at 11 o'clock with 99 percent of the people leaving, if the levee had broken, 50,000 acres would flood in 30 minutes.

2. Jeff Graschel:

   All the levels we're expecting will be contained in the levee systems.

3. John Lopez:

   Most of the population of St. Bernard is within the new levee system, but you also have some communities outside the levee system where, if anything, the conditions appear to have gotten worse.

4. Ken George:

   Apprehensive, a little bit scared, it continues to rise and I’m plugging holes in my levee and hoping that my fields don't flood…it’s a scary situation. I’m hoping for the best but it could be worse than I ever imagined.

5. Yoshinagi Higuchi:

   I checked the flood hazard map but it didn't have my area as being at risk, i heard there was a flood once before the war, but we just weren't expecting the water to come over the levee despite all the warnings.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Levee
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Levee
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levee
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Levee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Levee
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Levee
8. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Levee
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Levee
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=Levee
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html