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    [Adjective]  | "left" | \ ˈleft \


    1: of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body in which the heart is mostly located

    2: done with the left hand

    3: located nearer to the left hand than to the right


    Origin: 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English, weak; akin to Middle Low German lucht left; from the left hand's being the weaker in most individuals;

    [Adjective]  | "left-bank" | \ ˈleft-ˈbaŋk \


    1: of, relating to, situated in, or characteristic of the bohemian district of Paris on the left bank of the Seine River


    Origin: 1915 ;

    [Adjective]  | "left-hand" | \ ˈleft-ˈhand \


    1: situated on the left

    2: left-handed


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adjective]  | "left-hand*ed" | \ ˈleft-ˈhan-dəd \


    1: using the left hand habitually or more easily than the right; also : swinging from left to right

    2: relating to, designed for, or done with the left hand

    3: morganatic


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Noun]  | "left" 


    1: the left hand

    2: the location or direction of the left side

    3: the part on the left side


    Origin: 13th century ;

     See: ;

    [Noun]  | "left brain" 


    1: the left cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (such as analytic and logical thinking)


    Origin: 1827 ;

    [Noun]  | "left field" 


    1: the position of the player defending left field

    2: the part of the baseball outfield to the left looking out from the plate

    3: a state or position far from the mainstream (as of prevailing opinion)


    Origin: 1857 ;

    [Verb]  | "leave" | \ ˈlēv \


    1: bequeath, devise

    2: to have remaining after one's death

    3: to cause to remain as a trace or aftereffect


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English leven, from Old English lǣfan; akin to Old High German verleiben to leave, Old English belīfan to be left over, and perhaps to Lithuanian lipti to adhere, Greek lipos grease, fat;

    [Verb]  | "left-click" | \ ˈleft-ˈklik \


    1: to press the leftmost button on a computer mouse or similar input device


    Origin: 1990 ;

    [Noun]  | "left" 


    1: a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom;


      * e.g., " ... a rising politician who is being hailed as the new voice of the left "





    [Noun]  | "left-winger" 


    [Noun]  | "left wing" 


    1: a political belief stressing progress, the essential goodness of humankind, and individual freedom;


      * e.g., " ... the left wing has lost considerable influence in the party, which is now aggressively courting political moderates "





    [Verb]  | "left" 


    1: to cause to remain behind;


      * e.g., " ... you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside "





    2: to give by means of a will;


      * e.g., " ... I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children "





    3: to give up (a job or office);


      * e.g., " ... he left his job in the city and moved out into the country "





    [Verb]  | "left (out)" 


    [Verb]  | "left off" 


    1: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings "





    2: to come to an end;


      * e.g., " ... the snow should leave off around midnight "



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    [Adverb]  | "left-handedly" 


    1: as in counterclockwise, anticlockwise;




    [Adverb]  | "left-handed" 


    1: as in counterclockwise, anticlockwise;




    [Adjective]  | "left-handed" 


    1: lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands;


      * e.g., " ... I'd rather have no help at all than have his left-handed assistance "





    2: not being or expressing what one appears to be or express;


      * e.g., " ... failed to realize that he had received a left-handed compliment "





     [ "left" ]

    1: the opposite of right

     [ "left" ]

    1: <--- that way. it's that simple, folks.

      * e.g.,  ... why do you want to look 'left' up in the first place? 'tard. 

     [ "left" ]

    1: The hand that never gets laid.

      * e.g.,  ... I'm ambidexterous, so I let lefty whack it for a change. He hardly ever gets laid. 

     [ "left" ]

    1: adj. not right

      * e.g.,  ... people who look up left in dictionaries need to find a better way to spend their time, as do i for even bothering to make a fucking definition for left. wow i'm really don't want to do this fucking discrete math homework--my left brain is fucked up. 


     [ "left" ]

    2: adj. wrong, according to the bfg


     [ "left" ]

    3: n. side that leans towards liberalism


     [ "left" ]

    4: n. side of the brain that deals with logic and analytical reasoning


     [ "left" ]

    5: n. the hand that will reach out of your monitor and smack you upside your thick skull for looking this up

     [ "left" ]

    1: Term meaning "to be killed." If a person is killed, they got left

      * e.g.,  ... Yo that motherfucker got left 

     [ "left" ]

    1: Not right and not taken.

      * e.g.,  ... There is only one left-handed person left 

     [ "left" ]

    1: adj.to be left is essentially to be unique. everyone in the world is always saying they are doing the right thing but usually they are not. so BE LEFT, be unique, be yourself, be different. left=positive right=negative. left is the escape to a right world. left is the way to peace.

      * e.g.,  ... Smokey: "That guy in the chicken suit is so unique!" 

     [ "left" ]

    1: To depart.

      * e.g.,  ... I left Illinois to go to Hawaii for good. 

     [ "left" ]

    1:  Wrong

      * e.g.,  ... that was so left! 


     [ "left" ]

    2: I figure that left is the opposite of right and wrong is also the opposite of right, So there for wrong and left mean the same thing.

     [ "left" ]

    1: In the eyes of the far-right, everyone to the left of them is a member of the left. Anyone in the center is far-left, and any actual left-wing person should be in jail. In normal discourse among people who aren't far-right ideologues, a left-wing person is someone who supports material action being taken to bring about social justice. Contrasted with a liberal who mouths support for justice while vehemently opposing any material action to bring it about, and with a member of the right who finds the very idea of social justice offensive.

      * e.g.,  ... Far-right example: "Jeb Bush is left-wing. Nancy Pelosi is far-left, and Bernie Sanders should be in jail." Normal discourse equivalent: "Jeb Bush is right-wing. Nancy Pelosi is a centrist, and Bernie Sanders is center-left." 

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