simple past tense and past participle of leave for dead

(acting) Located at stage left.

(acting) The area to the left of the stage when looking towards the audience

Having opinions that are moderately more socialist than conservative.

(geology) Describes the relative motion of two blocks along a strike-slip fault. From a plan view perspective, as if standing on the fault line, the left block moves towards, and the right block moves away.

The bank to the left of a river when facing downstream.

plural of left join

(databases) Short for left outer join.

(historical, politics) A broad political movement, mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a range of reforms on issues such as civil and political rights, feminism, and the legalization of drugs.

(idiomatic) An unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see left, turn.