levee

About 0.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
2. noun An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi.
3. noun The steep bank of a river.
4. noun The border of an irrigated field.
5. noun A pier or other landing place on a river.
6. verb To keep within a channel by means of levees.

   to levee a river

7. noun The act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
8. noun A reception of visitors held after getting up.

Similar words

dyke dam dike breakwater embankment quay causeway bridge bridging sunrise

Often followed by

and of en at in was to system on

Word family

leveed leveeing levees