leveed
1
7.0
Protected by a raised bank that stops flood water
- adjective
- /ˈlɛviːd/
- US
:
protegido por dique
- The leveed area along the river helped prevent flooding during the heavy rains.
Examples
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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.
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After the storm, the leveed banks successfully protected the nearby town from rising floodwaters.
Synonyms
embanked
vsleveed
1
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
How Protected
Surface Forms
leveed positive
Morphology
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.