Left

  • 31left — I [[t]lɛft[/t]] adj. 1) of, pertaining to, or located on or near the side of a person or thing that is turned toward the west when the subject is facing north (opposed to right). 2) gov (often cap.) of or belonging to the political Left; having… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 32left — left1 adjective 1》 on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north. 2》 relating to a left wing person or group. adverb on or to the left side. noun 1》 (the left) the …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 33left — 1. adjective /lɛft/ a) The opposite of right; toward the usually weaker side of the body; toward the west when one is facing north. Turn left at the corner. b) pertaining to the political left; liberal Syn …

    Wiktionary

  • 34left —    Contempt for the left hand as compared with the right is found in most cultures, past and present, and may have arisen simply because most people let its strength and skill remain relatively undeveloped; the English word comes from a root… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 35left — Synonyms and related words: Gospel side, abandoned, aport, cantorial side, castaway, communistic, counterclockwise, departed, derelict, deserted, discarded, disused, forsaken, gone, gone away, gone off, jettisoned, larboard, left hand, left wing …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36left — [13] The Old English word for ‘left’ was winestra. Etymologically this meant ‘friendlier’ (it is related to Swedish vän ‘friend’), and its euphemistic application to ‘left’ is a reminder that historically the left hand side of the body has been… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37Left — Leave Leave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Left} (l[e^]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaving}.] [OE. leven, AS. l?fan, fr. l[=a]f remnant, heritage; akin to lifian, libban, to live, orig., to remain; cf. bel[=i]fan to remain, G. bleiben, Goth. bileiban. [root]119 …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 38left — [13] The Old English word for ‘left’ was winestra. Etymologically this meant ‘friendlier’ (it is related to Swedish vän ‘friend’), and its euphemistic application to ‘left’ is a reminder that historically the left hand side of the body has been… …

    Word origins

  • 39left — adj 1. sinister, sinistral, sinistrous; left hand, Naut. port, Naut. larboard; Bot. sinistrorsal. 65 32.(all of politics) leftwing, liberal, progressive; socialistic, communistic, communalistic, Bolshevistic; radical, anarchistic. n 3. left side …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 40left —   1. Sinister. Hema; kāohilani (poetic).    ♦ Left, face, ma ka hema, huli.   2. Remain. Koe. Left over, koe.    ♦ Left overs, koena.    ♦ There is no room left in this box, a ohe wahi ka awale o kēia pahu.   3. Departed. Ha alele …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary