Etymology 1  From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft,
from Old English left, lyft (“weak, useless”), from Proto-
Germanic *luft- (compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian
lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”),
dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), dialectal Low German
lucht (“left”), from *lubjanan "to castrate, lop off" (compare
dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leup, *(s)lup "hanging limply". More at
lob, lop. left (comparative more left; lefter, superlative
leftmost) - The opposite of right; toward the west when one is
facing north. - Turn left at the corner. - (politics) pertaining
to the political left; liberal. The fruit to the viewer's left
the west side of the body when one is facing north pertaining to
the political left; liberal Derived terms  left (not comparable)
- On the left side. - Towards the left side. left (plural lefts)
- The left side or direction. - (politics) The ensemble of left-
wing political parti