'Levant' definitions:
Definition of 'Levant'
(from WordNet)
noun
A heavy morocco often used in bookbinding [syn: Levant, Levant morocco]
noun
The former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
verb
Run off without paying a debt
Definition of 'Levant'
From: GCIDE
- Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant), a. [F., p. pr. of lever to raise.] (Law) Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Levant'
From: GCIDE
- Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), n. [It. levante the point where the sun rises, the east, the Levant, fr. levare to raise, levarsi to rise: cf. F. levant. See Lever.]
- 1. The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A levanter (the wind so called). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Levant'
From: GCIDE
- Levant \Le"vant\ (l[=e]"vant; 277), a. Eastern. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Forth rush the levant and the ponent winds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Levant'
From: GCIDE
- Levant \Le*vant"\ (l[-e]*v[a^]nt"), v. i. [Cf. Sp. levantar to raise, go from one place to another.] To run away from one's debts; to decamp. [Colloq. Eng.] --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Levant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Africa,
- America,
- Antipodes,
- Asia,
- Asia Major,
- Asia Minor,
- Australasia,
- continent,
- down under,
- East,
- Eastern Hemisphere,
- eastland,
- Eurasia,
- Europe,
- Far East,
- landmass,
- Middle East,
- Near East,
- New World,
- Occident,
- Oceania,
- Old World,
- Orient,
- the old country,
- West,
- Western Hemisphere