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left-hand

left-hand

1 2.7
A thing you use with the left hand
  • adjective
  • /lɛft hænd/
: para zurdos
  • Everything about him is slightly off: as he walks, he holds his left hand up in the air.
  • left-hand corner
  • left-hand side
  • left-hand column

Examples

  • The Club Zanzibar sits in the darkness on the left-hand side of the road.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I opened it with my left hand and took one step out of the door.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Put them in that top, left-hand drawer.

    Everything Must Go (2011)

  • Each student's name should be listed in a column on the left-hand side of the paper.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The results from the one-class growth model are in the left-hand column of Table 2.

    Academic text (2010)

  • You'll find tissue paper in the left-hand kitchen drawer.

    Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

  • Second drawer, left-hand side.

    Happy Campers (2001)

  • ADA's finger plays the fourth black key from the left-hand side, denoting lesson four.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The hunter grinned and showed him how to release the left-hand coils more efficiently, and he tried again.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The left-hand drawer in the kitchen is where I keep the utensils.

Synonyms

left
vsleft-hand
∞ 1.0

The side of the body opposite the right

is designed for use with the hand opposite the right hand

Antonyms

right-hand
35 2.8

Made to be used with the right hand

Surface Forms

left-hand positive
left-handed positive

Morphology

left-hand = left + hand (transparent) = left + hand

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'left' and 'hand', indicating something designed for use with the left hand.

Etymology

The word left-hand comes from the two simple parts left and hand, and it means 'used with the left hand'. So left-hand scissors or gloves are made to fit and work for people who use their left hand.