Left
[left] or [lɛft]
Definition
(noun.) a turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east; 'take a left at the corner'.
(noun.) the hand that is on the left side of the body; 'jab with your left'.
(noun.) those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare.
(noun.) location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east; 'she stood on the left'.
(adj.) of or belonging to the political or intellectual left .
(adj.) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; 'my left hand'; 'left center field'; 'the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream' .
(adj.) intended for the left hand; 'I rarely lose a left-hand glove' .
(adv.) toward or on the left; also used figuratively; 'he looked right and left'; 'the political party has moved left'.
Checked by Eugene--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave
(imp. & p. p.) of Leave.
(a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side; -- opposed to right, when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the left hand, or arm; the left ear. Also said of the corresponding side of the lower animals.
(n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's body is turned; as, the house is on the left when you face North.
(n.) Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who are in the opposition; the advanced republicans and extreme radicals. They have their seats at the left-hand side of the presiding officer. See Center, and Right.
Checked by Letitia
Definition
adj. being on the left side—also Left′-hand.—n. the side opposite to the right: the part of an assembly sitting on the president's left hand generally the more liberal or democratic section.—adv. toward the left.—adj. Left′-hand′ed having the left hand stronger and readier than the right: awkward: unlucky.—ns. Left′-hand′edness; Left′-hand′er a blow with the left hand a sudden and unexpected attack; Left′-hand′iness awkwardness.—adv. Left′ward towards the left: on the left side.
pa.p. (Spens.) lifted.
pa.t. and pa.p. of leave.—adj. Left′-off laid aside.
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Examples
- During the day Meade assaulted and carried one more redan to his right and two to his left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The latter peculiarity took the form of a dislike to being left alone, especially after dark. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- You passed out quickly into the passage, and left the door open. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Betteredge's last-left scruples vanished at that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- His mother left the room; then, moved by insupportable regret, I just murmured the words Dr. Bretton. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I bowed, and left Betteredge to show him to his room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- By no means, Alexandros; for by so doing we would close up the only avenue of escape left to us. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was put an end to by Mrs. Dashwood, who felt obliged to hope that he had left Mrs. Ferrars very well. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried-- Silence! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- So we were left to take leave of one another without any restraint. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the sights were parallel slits, right, left, upper, lower. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The pouring of the entire house is accomplished in about six hours, and then the molds are left undisturbed for six days, in order that the concrete may set and harden. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was not expected, for she left me locked in the yard, while she went to ask if I were to be admitted. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I left Cairo within an hour or two after the receipt of this dispatch, going by rail via Indianapolis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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