English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of levee

levee

/noun/ सेतु; बांध; बंद; दरबार; राजसभा;

Synonym bridge; dam; lockjaw; darbar; gemot;

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English Dictionary:

1. Levee

[n.]

- 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.

2. Levee

[v. t.]

- To attend the levee or levees of.
- To keep within a channel by means of levees; as, to levee a river.