Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - left
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1. adj., adv., & n. (opp. RIGHT). --adj. 1 on or towards the side of the human body which corresponds to the position of west if one regards oneself as facing north. 2 on or towards the part of an object which is analogous to a person's left side or (with opposite sense) which is nearer to an observer's left hand. 3 (also Left) Polit. of the Left. --adv. on or to the left side. --n. 1 the left-hand part or region or direction. 2 Boxing a the left hand. b a blow with this. 3 a (often Left) Polit. a group or section favouring radical socialism (orig. the more radical section of a continental legislature, seated on the president's left); such radicals collectively. b the more advanced or innovative section of any group. 4 the side of a stage which is to the left of a person facing the audience. 5 (esp. in marching) the left foot. 6 the left wing of an army. Phrases and idioms have two left feet be clumsy. left and right = right and left. left bank the bank of a river on the left facing downstream. left bower see BOWER(3). left field Baseball the part of the outfield to the left of the batter as he or she faces the pitcher. left hand 1 the hand of the left side. 2 (usu. prec. by at, on, to) the region or direction on the left side of a person. left-hand adj. 1 on or towards the left side of a person or thing (left-hand drive). 2 done with the left hand (left-hand blow). 3 a (of rope) twisted counter-clockwise. b (of a screw) = LEFT-HANDED. left turn a turn that brings one's front to face as one's left side did before. left wing 1 the radical or socialist section of a political party. 2 the left side of a football etc. team on the field. 3 the left side of an army. left-wing adj. socialist, radical. left-winger a person on the left wing. marry with the left hand marry morganatically (see LEFT-HANDED). Derivatives leftish adj. Etymology: ME l{uuml}ft, lift, left, f. OE, orig. sense 'weak, worthless' 2. past and past part. of LEAVE(1).
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, weak; akin to Middle Low German lucht ~; from the ~ hand's being the weaker in most individuals Date: 13th century 1. of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body in which the heart is mostly located, done with the ~ hand , located nearer to the ~ hand than to the right, d. located on the ~ of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified , located on the ~ when facing downstream , of, adhering to, or constituted by the ~ especially in politics, ~ adverb II. noun Date: 13th century 1. the ~ hand, the location or direction of the ~ side, the part on the ~ side, a turn to the ~ , 2. ~ field, a blow struck with the ~ fist, 3. often capitalized the part of a legislative chamber located to the ~ of the presiding officer, the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the ~ as a result of holding more radical political views than other members, 4. often capitalized those professing views usually characterized by desire to reform or overthrow the established order especially in politics and usually advocating change in the name of the greater freedom or well-being of the common man, a radical as distinguished from a conservative position, ~most noun see: leave ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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