Word: levee

Category: levee

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Synonyms: levee

waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels

Translations: levee

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spanish
Translations:
malecón
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german
Translations:
morgenempfang, damm
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french
Translations:
jetée, chaussée, digue, môle, estacade
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italian
Translations:
argine, diga
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russian
Translations:
приём, дамба, набережная, прием, пристань, гать
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czech
Translations:
molo, hráz
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polish
Translations:
grobla
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ukrainian
Translations:
лев, левко

The meaning and "use of": levee

noun
  • an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river. - Construction of levees and embankments prevents the floodplain from performing this function and transfers the problem further downstream to areas which were not subject to flooding.
  • a reception or assembly of people, in particular. - An hour and 45 minutes into the mayor's levee , the queue is still over an hour long.

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