left1
  
  adj.
  - on, towards, or relating to the side of a human body or of a thing which is to the west when the person or thing is facing north.
- relating to a left-wing person or group.
adv.
 on or to the left side.
n.
  - 
(the left)
 the left-hand part, side, or direction. ▸a left turn. ▸a person's left fist, or a blow given with it. 
- 
(often the Left)
 
[treated as sing. or pl.]
 a group or party favouring radical, reforming, or socialist views.
Phrase
  
    - have two left feet
 be clumsy or awkward.
- left, right, and centre 
(also left and right or right and left)
 on all sides.
 
  Derivative
  
    - leftish adj.
- leftmost adj.
- leftward adj. & adv.
- leftwards adv.
 
  Etymology
  OE lyft, left ‘weak’, of W. Gmc origin.
 
  
    
left2
  
  past and past participle of leave1.