slovo | definícia |
levee (mass) | levee
- hrádza |
levee (encz) | levee,hráz Zdeněk Brož |
levee (encz) | levee,násep n: Zdeněk Brož |
Levee (gcide) | Levee \Lev"ee\ (l[e^]v"[-e]; often l[e^]v*[=e]" in U. S.), n.
[F. lever, fr. lever to raise, se lever to rise. See Lever,
n.]
1. The act of rising. " The sun's levee." --Gray.
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2. A morning assembly or reception of visitors, -- in
distinction from a soir['e]e, or evening assembly; a
matin['e]e; hence, also, any general or somewhat
miscellaneous gathering of guests, whether in the daytime
or evening; as, the president's levee.
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Note: In England a ceremonious day reception, when attended
by both ladies and gentlemen, is called a
drawing-room.
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Levee (gcide) | Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To attend the levee or levees of.
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He levees all the great. --Young.
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Levee (gcide) | Levee \Lev"ee\, n. [F. lev['e]e, fr. lever to raise. See
Lever, and cf. Levy.]
An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the
Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river. [U. S.]
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Levee (gcide) | Levee \Lev"ee\, v. t.
To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a
river. [U. S.]
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levee (wn) | levee
n 1: a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal
court)
2: a pier that provides a landing place on a river
3: an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from
overflowing |
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