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      left
      noun
      The left side or direction.
      (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
      The left hand or fist.
      (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
      (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
      (politics) The political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.
      adjective
      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: ←
      Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation.
      (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
      (geography) 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.
      adverb
      On the left side.
      Towards the left side.
      Towards the political left.
      Synonyms for left
      sinistrorseadjleftwardsadjsinistrallyadvremainingadjsinistradsinistrocularleftoveradjleftistadjsinistraladjleftismngoneadjdepartedn
      Words related to left
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