LEFT

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, weak; akin to Middle Low German lucht ~; from the ~ hand's being the weaker in most individuals Date: 13th century 1. of, relating to, situated on, or being the side of the body in which the heart is mostly located, done with the ~ hand , located nearer to the ~ hand than to the right, d. located on the ~ of an observer facing in the same direction as the object specified , located on the ~ when facing downstream , of, adhering to, or constituted by the ~ especially in politics, ~ adverb II. noun Date: 13th century 1. the ~ hand, the location or direction of the ~ side, the part on the ~ side, a turn to the ~ , 2. ~ field , a blow struck with the ~ fist, 3. often capitalized the part of a legislative chamber located to the ~ of the presiding officer, the members of a continental European legislative body occupying the ~ as a result of holding more radical political views than other members, 4. often capitalized those professing views usually characterized by desire to reform or overthrow the established order especially in politics and usually advocating change in the name of the greater freedom or well-being of the common man, a radical as distinguished from a conservative position, ~most noun see: leave