Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HALVING
Verb
halving
present participle of halve
Noun
halving (plural halvings)
(mathematics) The process or instance of dividing in half.
Synonyms
• See bisection
Source: Wiktionary
HALVE
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
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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