Sinhala Dictionary definitions for levee
levee 🔊 /lɛˈvi/
levee : වේල්ල
levee : ගං කණ්ඩිය
levee definition
Noun.
- The act of rising.
- 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.
- An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
Transitive verb.
- To attend the levee or levees of.
- To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.