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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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