left-hand

adjective

ˈleft-ˈhand How to pronounce left-hand (audio)
ˈlef-ˈtand
1
: situated on the left
2

Examples of left-hand in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Limit vehicle idling by avoiding drive-thrus and excessive idling caused by long wait times making left-hand turns. Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024 Making a left-hand turn on Ford Road in Canton can be a dicey proposition, but a plan to turn a busy section of the roadway near Interstate 275 into a boulevard aims to change that by doing away with those types of turns. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024 Alexander was attempting to make a left-hand turn to head southbound on Servite Drive from Brown Deer Road, when Margary-Ramos entered the intersection eastbound and crashed into Alexander, the complaint states. Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024 Your left-hand opponent doesn’t have many hearts and probably not many spades. Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024 Table-top bicycle legs With your legs in a table-top position, straighten one leg, then the other, 20 times. Side leg circles Lying on your left-hand side and keeping the legs relatively straight, circle your right leg 20 times. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2024 Where does your interest in Japanese culture stem from? From a funny kind of left-hand turn in my life. Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024 Using scissors, cut seven to 10 small slits on the bottom left-hand half of the card. Nicole Harris, Parents, 20 Mar. 2024 Plans show the 2 miles would be widened to three, 12-foot-wide lanes with a continuous left-hand turning lane. Lynn Kutter, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of left-hand was in the 15th century

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Cite this Entry

“Left-hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/left-hand. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

left-hand

adjective
ˌleft-ˌhand
1
: located on the left
2

Medical Definition

left-hand

1 of 2 adjective
1
: situated on the left
2

left hand

2 of 2 noun
1
: the hand on a person's left side
2
: the left side

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