ETYM Old Eng. left, lift, luft; akin to Fries. leeft, od. lucht, luft; cf. as. left (equiv. to Latin inanis), lyftâdl palsy; or cf. as. lêf weak.
> 1. Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; on the left when facing downstream.
2. Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left.
Intended for the right hand; SYN. left-hand.

Toward or on the left; also figuratively

Množina: lefts

1. The hand that is on the left side of the body; SYN. left hand.
2. Location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east:
3. A turn to the left
4. Those trying to overthrow the established order; SYN. left wing.

Množina: left angle brackets

Množina: left atria

The left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins; SYN. left atrium of the heart, atrium sinistrum.

Množina: Left Banks

The region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine; a center of artistic and student life; Also called: Latin Quarter.

Množina: left braces

Množina: left brains

The left cerebral hemisphere of the human brain especially when viewed in terms of its predominant thought processes (as analytic and logical thinking).

Množina: left coronary arteries

Arises from the left aortic sinus; supplies the left side of the heart.

Množina: left curly brackets

Množina: left fields

The part of the outfield on the catcher's left; SYN. left.
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the left third of the outfield (looking from home plate). SYN. leftfield

Množina: left fielders

The person who plays left field.

Množina: left gastric arteries

A branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus; SYN. arteria gastrica sinistra.

Množina: left gastric veins

Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein; SYN. vena gastrica sinistra.

Množina: left hemispheres

The cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body; SYN. left brain.