levee
To keep within a channel by means of leveesTo keep within a channel by means of levees.
» I live near the levee.
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2 senses(US, transitive)To keep within a channel by means of levees.
to levee a river
eindeichen
(transitive)To attend the levee or levees of.
Examples
4 sentencesI live near the levee.
There's danger that the levee will break. We have to evacuate immediately.
The levee kept the floodwater back.
deDer Deich hielt die Flut zurück. — pullnosemans
Muskrats are responsible for the destruction of protective dams and levees.
ruМускусные крысы ответственны за разрушение защитных дамб и насыпей. — corvard
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”). From French levé variant of the noun leFrom French levée, from lever (“to raise, rise”).
From French levé variant of the noun lever (“the act of getting up in the morning”).
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Forms
levees, leveeing, leveed, leveedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.