Definitionen
1.AdjectiveDesignating 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: ←"The left side."
2.AdjectiveAnticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation."The road up ahead contains a left bend.; Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it."
3.AdjectiveDesignating 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."The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine."
4.AdjectiveLeft-wing; pertaining to the political left.
5.AdverbOn the left side.
6.AdverbTowards the left side."Turn left at the corner. NO! Your other left."
7.AdverbTowards the political left."The East Coast of the US leans left in elections."
8.NounThe left side or direction.
9.NounThe left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group."The Left left workers behind, thinking they had a winning demographic coalition. It hasn't really worked out for them yet."
10.NounThe left hand or fist.
11.NounA punch delivered with the left fist.
12.NounA wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
13.Verbsimple past and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”)."There's not much food left."
14.Verbsimple past and past participle of leave (“permit”)."We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend."