left

¹left

adj \ˈleft\

Definition of LEFT

1

a : of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body in which the heart is mostly located b : done with the left hand <a left hook to the jaw> c : located nearer to the left hand than to the right d (1) : located on the left of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified <stage left> (2) : located on the left when facing downstream <the left bank of a river>

2

often capitalized : of, adhering to, or constituted by the left especially in politics

— left adverb

Examples of LEFT

1. He felt a pain in his left side.
2. He hit him with a left hook to the jaw.
3. the left side of the street

Origin of LEFT

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

First Known Use: 13th century

Rhymes with LEFT

cleft, deft, eft, heft, klepht, theft, weft