left-hand+side

  • 41side — I UK [saɪd] / US noun Word forms side : singular side plural sides *** 1) a) [countable] a particular area of something such as a building, street, or town side of: The railway ran along the north side of the valley. The bride s guests should sit …

    English dictionary

  • 42side — noun 1 flat surface of sth thin ADJECTIVE ▪ flip, reverse ▪ The reverse side of the coin has a picture of a flower. 2 either of the two parts of a place/object ADJECTIVE ▪ far, opposite …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 43hand — 1 noun PART OF THE BODY 1 (C) the part at the end of a person s arm, including the fingers and thumb, used to pick up or keep hold of things: He held the pencil in his right hand. | Go wash your hands. | hold hands: They kissed and held hands. |… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 44side — side1 W1S1 [saıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(part of an area)¦ 2¦(next to)¦ 3¦(of a building/object/vehicle etc)¦ 4¦(edge)¦ 5¦(of a thin object)¦ 6¦(part of your body)¦ 7¦(shape)¦ 8¦(mountain/valley)¦ 9¦(page)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 45left — Synonyms and related words: Gospel side, abandoned, aport, cantorial side, castaway, communistic, counterclockwise, departed, derelict, deserted, discarded, disused, forsaken, gone, gone away, gone off, jettisoned, larboard, left hand, left wing …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 46left wing — Synonyms and related words: Gospel side, cantorial side, counterclockwise, larboard, left, left hand, left of center, left hand, left hand side, left winger, left wingish, leftism, leftist, levorotatory, liberal, liberalism, liberalist,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47side — 1 /saId/ noun (C) PLACE/AREA/POSITION 1 PART OF AN AREA one of the two areas that are on either the left or the right of an imaginary line, or on either the left or the right of a border, wall, river etc: Drive on the left hand side of the road.… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48left winger — Synonyms and related words: Gospel side, cantorial side, larboard, left, left hand, left wing, left hand side, leftist, liberal, liberalist, near side, port, port tack, portside, progressive, progressivist, radical, verso, welfare stater, wrong… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 49left brain — noun the cerebral hemisphere to the left of the corpus callosum that controls the right half of the body • Syn: ↑left hemisphere • Hypernyms: ↑hemisphere, ↑cerebral hemisphere • Part Meronyms: ↑language area, ↑language zone …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 50left — [13] The Old English word for ‘left’ was winestra. Etymologically this meant ‘friendlier’ (it is related to Swedish vän ‘friend’), and its euphemistic application to ‘left’ is a reminder that historically the left hand side of the body has been… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins