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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 Israel
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 bookbinding
Synonyms:
Levant; Levant morocco
Classified under:
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 ... he / she / it levants
Past simple: levanted
-ing form: levanting
Sense 1
Meaning:
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