levee
['levi]
n. 朝, 堤

vt. ...筑堤



levee
[ noun ]

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

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2. a pier that provides a landing place on a river

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

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Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
river. [U. S.]


Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
[F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See {Lever},
n.]
1. The act of rising. `` The sun's levee.'' --Gray.

2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
distinction from a {soir['e]e}, or evening assembly; a
{matin['e]e}; hence, also, any general or somewhat
miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
or evening; as, the president's levee.

Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
{drawing-room}.


Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To attend the levee or levees of.

He levees all the great. --Young.


Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
{Lever}, and cf. {Levy}.]
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]