Vocab Bloom Hub

left-hander

/ˌleftˈhæn.dər/

1 entry

Word connections

noun

/ˌleftˈhæn.dər/B1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который более искусно владеет или преимущественно использует левую руку, или, в частности, бейсбольного питчера, который бросает левой рукой.

A noun referring to a person who is more skilled with or primarily uses their left hand, or specifically a baseball pitcher who throws with the left hand.

  1. Left-handed pitcherB2formalsport

    A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with their left hand.

    ruЛевша-питчер

    • The team signed a talented left-hander for the upcoming season.
    • A left-hander often has an advantage against right-handed batters.
    • The coach decided to start the left-hander in the crucial game.

    Synonymsleftysouthpaw

    Antonymsright-hander

  2. Left-handed personA2formal

    A person who naturally uses their left hand more skillfully than their right hand for tasks.

    ruЛевша

    • As a left-hander, she finds scissors designed for right-handers difficult to use.
    • Many famous artists and musicians are left-handers.
    • Left-handers often adapt well to a right-handed world.

    Synonymsleftysinistralsouthpaw

    Antonymsright-hander

Forms
  • left-handers plural form
  • left-handers' possessive plural form
  • left-hander's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.