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leveed

leveed

7.0
Protected by a raised bank that stops flood water
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɛviːd/
  • US
translation icon : protegido por dique
  • The leveed area along the river helped prevent flooding during the heavy rains.

Examples

  • The California Debris Commission issued another report in 1910 that recommended the Major Project, which comprised a leveed system of broad bypass channels constructed in the natural overflow basins to convey floodwaters through the lower two-thirds of the Sacramento Valley.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Farmers benefited from the leveed fields, which reduced the risk of crop damage from high waters.

  • After the storm, the leveed banks successfully protected the nearby town from rising floodwaters.

Synonyms

embanked
vsleveed
7.4

A place with a raised bank that stops water from flooding

is enclosed by a continuous engineered bank specifically to prevent flooding

Antonyms

unprotected
28 2.9

Not safe from harm

How Protected

leveed
  • US
7.0
protected
1 2.0
vulnerable
581 4.0

Surface Forms

leveed positive

Morphology

leveed = levee (transparent) = levee + ed

The adjective 'leveed' is transparently formed from the noun 'levee' with the addition of the suffix '-ed' to indicate being provided with a levee.

Etymology

Leveed comes from levee, a word that means 'a raised bank beside a river'. That idea is 'to raise', like lift, so leveed means land kept 'high and dry' behind a raised bank.