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▸ adjective: (geography) Designating 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.
▸ adjective: (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
▸ adverb: On the left side.
▸ adverb: Towards the left side.
▸ adverb: Towards the political left.
▸ noun: The left side or direction.
▸ noun: (politics) The left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group.
▸ noun: The left hand or fist.
▸ noun: (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
▸ noun: (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
▸ noun: (politics) The political left wing seen as a whole, as distinguished from an individual left-wing political party.
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left-hand,
leftfield,
nigh,
near,
leftover,
left over,
odd,
remaining,
unexpended,
unexhausted,
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