adjective

1. 1. designating or of that side of one's body which is toward the west when one faces north, the side of the less-used hand in most people
   2. designating or of the corresponding side of anything
   3. closer to the left side of a person directly before and facing the thing mentioned or understood the top left drawer of a desk
2. of the side or bank of a river on the left of a person facing downstream
3. of the political left; liberal or radical

Etymology: ME (Kentish) var. of lift < OE lyft, weak, akin to EFris luf, weak

noun

1. 1. all or part of the left side
   2. what is on the left side
   3. a direction or location on the left side: often with the
   4. a turn toward the left side
2. ☆ Baseball left field
3. Boxing
   1. the left hand
   2. a blow delivered with the left hand
4. Politics a liberal or radical position, esp. one varying from moderate socialism to communism, or a party or group advocating this: often with the: from the position of the seats occupied in some European legislatures

adverb

transitive verb, intransitive verb