halved
simple past tense and past participle of halve
halved (not comparable)
Divided into halves.
(botany) Appearing as if one side were cut away.
• (divided into halves): See bisected
Source: Wiktionary
Halved, a.
Definition: Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
Hal"ve, n.
Definition: A half. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Halve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halved; p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.] Etym: [From Half.]
1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of. So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves their own. M. Arnold.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
