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LEVANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israelplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "Levant"):

Levantine ((formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant)

Holonyms ("Levant" is a part of...):

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A heavy morocco often used in bookbindingplay

Synonyms:

Levant; Levant morocco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Levant" is a kind of...):

morocco (a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they levant  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it levants  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: levanted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: levanted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: levanting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run off without paying a debtplay

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "levant" is one way to...):

abscond; absquatulate; bolt; decamp; go off; make off; run off (run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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