Assertion: levee | /r/HasProperty | obsolete
Facets:
value: in the morning after rest
type: TEMPORAL
value: to keep within a channel
type: PURPOSE
value: to project.(archaic
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As nouns the difference between levee and dyke is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while dyke is or dyke can be (slang|pejorative) a lesbian, particularly one who appears macho or acts in a macho manner this word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering (see usage notes).
text: is thatis an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest whileis
text: As nouns the difference between levee and levy is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while levy is the act of levying or levy can be (us|obsolete|pennsylvania|maryland|virginia)
text: is thatis an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest whileis
text: As a noun levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.is (us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees orcan be to attend the levee or levees of.
text: As nouns the difference between floodwall and levee is that floodwall is a man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: is thatis a man-made vertical barrier designed to temporarily contain the waters of a river or other waterway during a flood whileis an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.(us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees orcan be to attend the levee or levees of.
text: As nouns the difference between levee and dike is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while dike is (british) the northern english form of ditch.
text: is thatis an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest whileis (british) the northern english form of ditch.is thatis (us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees orcan be to attend the levee or levees of whileis to surround or protect with a dike or dry bank; to secure with a bank.
text: As nouns the difference between bank and levee is that bank is an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs or bank can be (hydrology) an edge of river, lake, or other watercourse or bank can be a row or panel of items stored or grouped together while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.
text: As nouns the difference between levee and jetty is that levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest while jetty is a structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.
text: is thatis an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi orcan be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest whileis a structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to influence the current or tide, or to protect a harbor or beach.is thatis (us|transitive) to keep within a channel by means of levees orcan be to attend the levee or levees of whileis (obsolete|intransitive) to jut out; to project.(archaic) made of jet, or like jet in color.
text: As nouns the difference between channel and levee is that channel is the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks or channel can be (nautical) the wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains while levee is an embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the mississippi or levee can be (obsolete) the act of rising; getting up, especially in the morning after rest.