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Left

adjective
1.
Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north.  "Left center field" , "The left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream"  Antonym: right.
2.
Not used up.  Synonyms: left over, leftover, odd, remaining, unexpended.  "She had a little money left over so she went to a movie" , "Some odd dollars left" , "Saved the remaining sandwiches for supper" , "Unexpended provisions"
3.
Intended for the left hand.  Synonym: left-hand.
4.
Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left.  Antonyms: center, right.
noun
1.
Location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east.  Antonym: right.
2.
Those who support varying degrees of social or political or economic change designed to promote the public welfare.  Synonym: left wing.
3.
The hand that is on the left side of the body.  Synonym: left hand.
4.
The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's left.  Synonyms: left field, leftfield.
5.
A turn toward the side of the body that is on the north when the person is facing east.
adverb
1.
Toward or on the left; also used figuratively.  "The political party has moved left"  Antonym: right.


Leave

verb
(past & past part. left; pres. part. leaving)
1.
Go away from a place.  Synonyms: go away, go forth.  "She didn't leave until midnight" , "The ship leaves at midnight"  Antonym: arrive.
2.
Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness.  "His good luck finally left him" , "Her husband left her after 20 years of marriage" , "She wept thinking she had been left behind"
3.
Act or be so as to become in a specified state.  "The president's remarks left us speechless"
4.
Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking.  Synonyms: leave alone, leave behind.  "Leave the young fawn alone" , "Leave the flowers that you see in the park behind"
5.
Move out of or depart from.  Synonyms: exit, get out, go out.  "The fugitive has left the country"  Antonym: enter.
6.
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.  Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide.  "The evidence allows only one conclusion" , "Allow for mistakes" , "Leave lots of time for the trip" , "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
7.
Have as a result or residue.  Synonyms: lead, result.  "Her blood left a stain on the napkin"
8.
Remove oneself from an association with or participation in.  Synonyms: depart, pull up stakes.  "The teenager left home" , "She left her position with the Red Cross" , "He left the Senate after two terms" , "After 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
9.
Put into the care or protection of someone.  Synonym: entrust.  "Leave your child the nurse's care"
10.
Leave or give by will after one's death.  Synonyms: bequeath, will.  "My grandfather left me his entire estate"  Antonym: disinherit.
11.
Have left or have as a remainder.  "19 minus 8 leaves 11"
12.
Be survived by after one's death.  Synonym: leave behind.  "At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats"
13.
Transmit (knowledge or skills).  Synonyms: give, impart, pass on.  "Leave your name and address here" , "Impart a new skill to the students"
14.
Leave behind unintentionally.  Synonym: forget.  "I left my keys inside the car and locked the doors"



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"Left" Quotes from Famous Books



... tall man gave some orders in a low voice, and then his men left him to himself, and went back to the boat. There was a great pine tree standing back a considerable distance from the water, battered and racked by storms, but still a tough old tree. Toward this ...
— Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts • Frank Richard Stockton
... placed between the drill and platen, the left hand presses the handles of the tongs together, while the right turns the crank; the feed is thus graduated wholly by the pressure of the hand. No further description is required for understanding the construction or operation of this tool. ...
— Scientific American, Vol. 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 • Various
... various garrisons; and then, with the remainder, marched to Biscay in pursuit of Don Carlos, who, having as yet no place of security from his enemies, was wandering about attended by a handful of followers. Amongst the troops left in Navarre by the Christino general, was the cavalry regiment to which Herrera and Torres belonged, and this was ordered to the plains of the Ebro. The day after its arrival at the town of Viana, a battalion marched in from Pampeluna, and with it came Sergeant Velasquez, who, after his escape from ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 • Various
... literary and legendary treasures of this fabled isle of poets, for the house of Lusignan had been known for its taste in literature. But of a certain proverb current in Cyprus in the days of the Lusignans, the watchful Senate took care that she should be left in ignorance, Ce n'est pas Minerve qui est nee en Chypre! and that Chief of the Ten whose difficult duty it had become to supervise the education of Caterina was giving peremptory instruction to the newly-created ...
— The Royal Pawn of Venice - A Romance of Cyprus • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
... arranged the mail and delivered most of it, had left the store in charge of the clerk and retired to her private den, a cool room finished in restful tints at the northeast corner of the house. She was sitting by a window reading a magazine, when there came a knock. Her "Come in" disclosed 'Rastus and the whites ...
— Mavericks • William MacLeod Raine


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