Levee

n.	1.	The act of rising.
	2.	A morning assembly or reception of visitors, - in distinction from a soirée, or evening assembly; a matinée; hence, also, any general or somewhat miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime or evening; as, the president's levee.
v. t.	1.	To attend the levee or levees of. He levees all the great. - Young.
n.	1.	An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river.
v. t.	1.	To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.

Noun

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levee - a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea Synonyms: dam, dike, dyke

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