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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | 'weak' |
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left1 S1 W1
[only before noun]
[only before noun]1 your left side is the side of your body that contains your heart [≠ right]: 
She held out her left hand.a scar on the left side of his face
She held out her left hand.a scar on the left side of his face2 on the same side of something as your left side [≠ right]: Take the next left turn. the left bank of the river a pile of papers on the left side of the desk
Take the next left turn.the left bank of the rivera pile of papers on the left side of the desk3 to move in an awkward way when you are running or doing a sport : a tall, clumsy-looking boy with two left feet
have two left feet
informala tall, clumsy-looking boy with two left feet4 used to say that one part of a group or organization does not know what the other parts are doing
