Meaning of left | Babel Free

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1. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
2. The left side or direction.
3. left (side, direction)
4. The political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.
5. Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation
6. The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
7. Toward or on the left.
8. Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river
9. The left hand or fist.
10. feminine singular of izquierdo
11. Past tense and past participle of leave1.
12. Left-wing; pertaining to the political left
13. A punch delivered with the left fist.
14. pt. and pp. of leave 1 .
15. On the left side
16. A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
17. motion or a tendency to move to the left, as the motion of the eye.
18. rotation toward the left; counterclockwise rotation, a characteristic of the plane of polarization of light. — levorotatory, adj.
    adj
19. the state or process of turning to the left.
20. the state or quality of being left-handed or oriented towards the left in other ways, as a shell with counterclockwise spirals. Also sinistration. — sinistral, adj.
    adj
21. levorotation. Also called levogyration. — sinistrogyric, adj.
    adj
22. The people or parties who support social and political reform with a view to improving the condition or increasing the power of the common people.
23. on, for, or belonging to, the side of the body that in most people has the less skilful hand (the side of a person or thing which is toward the west when that person or thing is facing north-opposite to right). She wore an engagement ring on her left hand; They drive on the left side of the road in Britain. linkerkant يِسار ляв esquerdo levý link/linke/linkes venstre αριστερόςizquierdo vasak (pool) چپ vasen gaucheשמאלי बाया, वाम पंथ lijevo bal kiri vinstri sinistro 左の 왼쪽의 kairys kreisais kiri...

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Examples

“The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet.”

“The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul.”

“Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.”

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