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/ˈlɛvi/ · noun
An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge..
The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
to levee a river
c. 1763, Thomas Gray, letter to Mr. Nichols And look before you were up in the morning, though you were a punctual courtier at the sun's levee
The sturdy hind now attends the levee of his fellow-labourer the ox […]
I must take my leave, for the Cardinal holds a levee to-day, and let those fail in attendance who want nothing.
At the King's levee on the morning of the 13th, Philippe was first ignored; then asked by His Majesty (rudely) what he wanted; then told, ‘Get back where you came from.’
He levees all the great.
Use levee when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Levee means An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge..
Common synonyms include dike, floodwall, dam, dyke.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The purchaser of a riparious estate under the words "front to the levee," does not acquire the alluvion or batture, when there is land susceptible of separate ownership beyond the levee.
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