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
Synonyms
Examples of levee in a Sentence
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
Recent Examples on the WebIan James, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Getting their land back The 77 acres is located in Wilton, stretching down from Rancheria Road to the levee river and through Green Road.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
The Army Corps of Engineers responded by straightening and channelizing the Trinity, cutting down trees, and raising levees to contain future floods.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
At the crash site, Metro fire and the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission officers gathered about a half mile from the wreckage on the levee of the L-67 Canal.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The board unanimously voted to stop the property reassessment and rate hike that pays for flood protection from the five dams and 55 miles of levees on the Great Miami River and its tributaries.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
The goal was to assess how much benefit the property received from the dams and levees.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
Enclosed in levees, the shallow forebay is filled with nonnative striped bass and other predators, which feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native fish.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Consecutive threes from James in the fourth quarter put the Lakers up eight with six minutes left before the levee gave way.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
The joint state-federal Flood Operations Center, which has been activated since early March, is also continuing to respond to levee concerns along the San Joaquin River and its tributaries, said Arrich, of water resources department.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
That will slightly reduce the flow out of the river, but work to build up the wall to levee height is expected to take one to two weeks, Monterey County said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
Not to federal officials who decades ago flagged the Pajaro River earthen levee as needing repair.
—Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
At its meeting on March 1, the council voted in favor of the proposal, which would enable town staff to more quickly levee the fines, avoiding the current process which requires multiple complaints, and judicial actions that sometimes take months.
—Steve Smith, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021
Noun
Advertisement Opponents of the tunnel project have argued the state should instead invest in other approaches in the delta, such as shoring up levees and restoring natural floodplains to reduce flood risks, while changing water management to protect the estuary’s health.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Getting their land back The 77 acres is located in Wilton, stretching down from Rancheria Road to the levee river and through Green Road.
—Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 14 May 2024
The Army Corps of Engineers responded by straightening and channelizing the Trinity, cutting down trees, and raising levees to contain future floods.
—Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024
At the crash site, Metro fire and the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission officers gathered about a half mile from the wreckage on the levee of the L-67 Canal.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
The board unanimously voted to stop the property reassessment and rate hike that pays for flood protection from the five dams and 55 miles of levees on the Great Miami River and its tributaries.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
The goal was to assess how much benefit the property received from the dams and levees.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 4 May 2024
Enclosed in levees, the shallow forebay is filled with nonnative striped bass and other predators, which feed on juvenile salmon, steelhead trout and other native fish.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
Consecutive threes from James in the fourth quarter put the Lakers up eight with six minutes left before the levee gave way.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
Verb
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
The joint state-federal Flood Operations Center, which has been activated since early March, is also continuing to respond to levee concerns along the San Joaquin River and its tributaries, said Arrich, of water resources department.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
That will slightly reduce the flow out of the river, but work to build up the wall to levee height is expected to take one to two weeks, Monterey County said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2023
Not to federal officials who decades ago flagged the Pajaro River earthen levee as needing repair.
—Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
At its meeting on March 1, the council voted in favor of the proposal, which would enable town staff to more quickly levee the fines, avoiding the current process which requires multiple complaints, and judicial actions that sometimes take months.
—Steve Smith, courant.com, 19 Mar. 2021
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