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—
Gladys B. Stern
Gladys B. Stern1
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
Recent Examples on the WebDan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2024
The levee where the suspect was standing is near the 500 block of Cypress Street, which is lined with single-family homes, maps show.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Land would also continue to sink, endangering canals, major aqueducts and flood control levees.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
Although in 1993 the levees around Kansas City held, the flooding from May through September was devastating.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
In Mississippi, the levee in the Eastbrook Subdivision in Yazoo City breached.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
For example, a study in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association found that the ability of forests to slow water played a big role in reducing levee damage on the lower Missouri River, which feeds into the Mississippi River, during the Mississippi's historic 1993 flood.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Differential subsidence is not only threatening railways, the researchers found, but all kinds of other critical infrastructure, like levees and airports.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Weeks before the Boston Red Sox traded him to the New York Yankees, Ruth wowed an overflow crowd of 5,500, including fans who crowded on a levee that used to run behind the ballpark along Y Street, with his pregame batting-practice moon shots.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 4 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
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
The levee where the suspect was standing is near the 500 block of Cypress Street, which is lined with single-family homes, maps show.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
Land would also continue to sink, endangering canals, major aqueducts and flood control levees.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
Although in 1993 the levees around Kansas City held, the flooding from May through September was devastating.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2024
In Mississippi, the levee in the Eastbrook Subdivision in Yazoo City breached.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 Apr. 2024
For example, a study in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association found that the ability of forests to slow water played a big role in reducing levee damage on the lower Missouri River, which feeds into the Mississippi River, during the Mississippi's historic 1993 flood.
—Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
Differential subsidence is not only threatening railways, the researchers found, but all kinds of other critical infrastructure, like levees and airports.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Weeks before the Boston Red Sox traded him to the New York Yankees, Ruth wowed an overflow crowd of 5,500, including fans who crowded on a levee that used to run behind the ballpark along Y Street, with his pregame batting-practice moon shots.
—Joe Davidson, Sacramento Bee, 4 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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