Webster's English Dictionary

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left

1. left \'left\ aj [ME, fr. OE, weak; akin to MLG lucht left] 1a: relating 
   to or being the weaker hand in most persons  1b: located nearer to the left 
   hand than to the right; esp : locat ed on the left when facing in the same 
   direction as an observer often cap  2: of, adhering to, or constituted by 
   the left esp. in politics  - left av
2. left n 1a: the left hand  1b: the location or direction of the left side 
    1c: the part on the left side  often cap  2a: the part of a legislative 
   chamber located to the left of the presiding  officer 2b: the members of a 
   continental European legislative body occupying the le ft as a result of 
   holding more radical political views than other members cap  3a: those 
   professing views usu. characterized by desire to reform or overth row the 
   established order esp. in politics and usu. advocating greater freedom or 
   well-being of the common man 3b: a radical as distinguished from a 
   conservative position 
3. left  past of LEAVE