1
: a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed
2
: an afternoon assembly at which the British sovereign or his or her representative receives only men
3
: a reception usually in honor of a particular person
the years of levees and parades and other suave peacetime occasions—
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a
: an embankment for preventing flooding
b
: a river landing place : pier
2
: a continuous dike or ridge (as of earth) for confining the irrigation areas of land to be flooded
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Noun (2)
the raging floodwaters were too much for the levee to handle
we tied the boat up at the levee and started unloading the fish we had caught
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Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
The largest reason for deaths connected to Katrina was the failure of the levees around New Orleans which caused catastrophic flooding in the area.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024
NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
The state will shoulder the $17 million needed to raise the 14.5-mile Corcoran levee an additional four feet, protecting the city from rising floodwaters.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
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Noun
Scientists from the land trust, the Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies plan to move back existing inadequate dirt levees, build tidal gates, or use other methods.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
The largest reason for deaths connected to Katrina was the failure of the levees around New Orleans which caused catastrophic flooding in the area.
—Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
Areas on the northern periphery of Lake Pontchartrain will be at higher risk for inundation because that part is not as heavily leveed as the southern end.
—NBC News, 12 Sep. 2024
The state will shoulder the $17 million needed to raise the 14.5-mile Corcoran levee an additional four feet, protecting the city from rising floodwaters.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
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“Levee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/levee. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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