Definition of levant Levant

/lʌvæˈnt/ - [luvant] - Le•vant

We found 19 definitions of levant from 8 different sources.

What does levant mean?

Noun
levant - the former name for the geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean that is now occupied by Lebanon, Syria, and Israel
		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; "the Middle East is the cradle of Western civilization"
levant - a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding
		Levant morocco
Verb levants, levanting, levanted
levant - run off without paying a debt
		abscond, absquatulate, make off, decamp, go off, bolt, run off run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

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levant (Noun)
A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.
levant (Verb)
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
levant (Adjective)
Rising, of an animal.
levant (Adjective)
Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.

levant (a.)
Rising or having risen from rest; -- said of cattle. See Couchant and levant, under Couchant.
levant (n.)
The countries washed by the eastern part of the Mediterranean and its contiguous waters.
levant (n.)
A levanter (the wind so called).
levant (a.)
Eastern.
levant (v. i.)
To run away from one's debts; to decamp.

levant
An imprecise geographical term historically referring to a large area in the Middle East south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on the west, and by the northern Arabian Desert and Upper Mesopotamia to the east.
levant
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

levant
le-vant′, n. the point where the sun rises: the East: the coasts of the Mediterranean east of Italy.—adj. Lev′ant, or Lē′vant, eastern.—n. Levant′er, a strong easterly wind in the Levant.—adj. Levant′ine, belonging to the Levant. [Fr. levant—L. levāre, to raise.]
levant
le-vant′, v.i. to decamp.—n. Levant′er, one who runs away dishonourably, who dodges paying his bets, &c. [Sp. levantar, to move—L. levāre, to raise.]