half, one-half
(noun) one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; “half a loaf”; “half an hour”; “a century and one half”
half
(noun) one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
Source: WordNet® 3.1
halves
plural of half
halves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halve
• Vahles, levash
Source: Wiktionary
Halves, n.,
Definition: pl. of Half. By halves, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely. I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. J. H. Newman. To go halves. See under Go.
Half, a. Etym: [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. halfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.]
1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. Tennyson. Half ape (Zoöl.), a lemur.
– Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back.
– Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.
– Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather.
– Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.
– Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.
– Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.
– Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] Shak.
– A half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
– Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch.
– Half hose, short stockings; socks.
– Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action.
– Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve.
– Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay.
– Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced.
– Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file.
– Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift.
– Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music.
– Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood.
– Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system.
– Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint.
– Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. Mrs. Browning.
– Half year, the space of six moths; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.
Half, adv.
Definition: In an equal part or degree; in some paas, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." Dryden. Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. Neh. xiii. 24
Half, n.; pl. Halves. Etym: [AS. healf. See Half, a.]
1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] Wyclif. The four halves of the house. Chaucer.
2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. Tennyson. Better half. See under Better.
– In half, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] Dickens.
– In, or On, one's half, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] -- To cry halves, to claim an equal share with another.
– To go halves, to share equally between two.
Half, v. t.
Definition: To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. Sir H. Wotton.
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
24 December 2024
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