levee

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for levee

levee 🔊 /lɛˈvi/

levee : වේල්ල

levee : ගං කණ්ඩිය

levee definition

Noun.

  1. The act of rising.
  2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in distinction from a soiree, or evening assembly; a matinee; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
  3. An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.

Transitive verb.

  1. To attend the levee or levees of.
  2. To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.