Look up: levee

1. levee
   An embankment, continuous dike or ridge.
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2. levee
   formal reception/embankment 
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3. Levee
   (1) An EMBANKMENT to prevent inundation. (2) (SMP) A large DIKE or EMBANKMENT, often having an access road along the top, which is designed as part of a system to protect land from floods.
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4. levee
   a natural or artificial embankment which keeps a river in its channel Category: Building industry
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5. Levee
   Lev'ee (lĕv'e; often lĕv*ē' in U. S.) noun [ French lever , from lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever , noun ] 1. The act of rising. ' The sun's levee
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6. Levee
   Lev'ee transitive verb To attend the levee or levees of. « He levees all the great.» Young.
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7. Levee
   Lev'ee noun [ French levée , from lever to raise. See Lever , and confer Levy .] An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [ U. S.]
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8. Levee
   Lev'ee transitive verb To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river. [ U. S.]
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9. levee
   A natural or manmade feature of the landscape that restricts movement of water into or through an area. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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10. levee
    noun an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing
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11. levee
    noun a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court)
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12. levee
    an embankment along the shore of a river, built for protection against floods; a natural levee is an embankment built by deposits of river sediment left during extraordinarily high floods; like artificial levees, these deposits restrain more typical floods
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13. Levee
    • (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. • (n.) The act of rising. • (v. t....
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14. levee
    any low ridge or earthen embankment built along the edges of a stream or river channel to prevent flooding of the adjacent land. Artificial levees ... [4 related articles]
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15. Levee
    Ridge of coarse deposits found alongside the stream channels and elevated above the floodplain. Forms from the deposition of sediment during floods.
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16. levee
    levee (lev'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 flood control. They are constructed by piling earth on a surface that has been cleared of vegetation and leveled. From a broad base t...
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17. Levee
    In geography, a levee is an embankment along the course of a river. Natural levees are low banks that are produced by the river during floods, when the overflowing of the river decreases the speed of the water and permits the deposit of silt. Artificial levees are considerably higher than natural on...
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18. levee
    Naturally formed raised bank along the side of a river channel. When a river overflows its banks, the rate of flow is less than that in the channel, and silt is deposited on the banks. With each successive flood the levee increases in height so that eventually the river may be above the surface of th...
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19. levee
    (French: lever to rise; levée risen up) a natural or manmade embankment along a river or canal.
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20. Levee
    A `levee`, `levée`, `dike` (or `dyke`), `embankment`, `floodbank` or `stopbank` is an elongate naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulate water levels. It is usually earthen and often parallel to the course of a river in its floodplain or along low-lying co...
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