link — meaning in English

English meaning

• crooked adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
• left adj On or toward the side of the body where the heart usually sits, opposite of right.
• link verb To join two or more things together, or to show a connection between them.

Senses

link is used for these senses in English:

• crooked (figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
• left Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
• left (politics) Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
• left The left side or direction.
• link (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
• link (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

crooked — full definition

1. adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
2. adj Dishonest or corrupt.

left — full definition

1. adj On or toward the side of the body where the heart usually sits, opposite of right.
2. adj Relating to left-wing politics.
3. noun Left-wing political parties or supporters considered as a group.

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