Half
[hɑːf] or [hæf]
Definition
(noun.) one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval.
(adj.) (of siblings) related through one parent only; 'a half brother'; 'half sister' .
(adj.) consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; 'a half chicken'; 'lasted a half hour' .
(adj.) partial; 'gave me a half smile'; 'he did only a half job' .
(adv.) partially or to the extent of a half; 'he was half hidden by the bushes'.
Editor: Patrick--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
(a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
(adv.) In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
(a.) Part; side; behalf.
(a.) 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.
(v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Moiety.
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Definition
as in a school session:—pl. Halves adj. having or consisting of one of two equal parts: being in part: incomplete as measures.—adv. in an equal part or degree: in part: imperfectly.—v.i. to divide into two equal parts.—ns. Half′-and-half a mixture of beer or porter and ale; Half′-back in football a position on the right or left side of the field between the quarter-back and full-back or directly behind the forwards: a player occupying this position.—adj. Half′-baked underdone: incomplete: half-witted.—v.t. Half′-baptise′ to baptise privately and hastily.—ns. Half′-bind′ing a style of bookbinding in which the backs and corners are of leather and the sides of paper or cloth;
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided or considered as divided. In the fourteenth century a heated discussion arose among theologists and philosophers as to whether Omniscience could part an object into three halves; and the pious Father Aldrovinus publicly prayed in the cathedral at Rouen that God would demonstrate the affirmative of the proposition in some signal and unmistakable way and particularly (if it should please Him) upon the body of that hardy blasphemer Manutius Procinus who maintained the negative. Procinus however was spared to die of the bite of a viper.
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Examples
- Dose, teaspoonful to one-half wineglassful, as needed. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The lad only answered by turning his cynical young face, half-arch, half-truculent, towards the paternal chair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The first half-hour was lost, for Fanny and Lady Bertram were together, and unless she had Fanny to herself she could hope for nothing. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The two other were open boats of half that tonnage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Why, I am a boy, sir, to half a dozen old codgers here! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Tell my servant to bring me up some hot water at half-past eight in the morning, and that I shall not want him any more to-night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In less than half an hour I knew as much as the Sergeant himself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- None can imagine her ferocious cruelty who has not witnessed her daily acts for over half a year. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Dorothea spoke in a full cordial tone, half caressing, half explanatory. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Neither had read it, but they knew it was a love story, and each privately wondered if it was half as interesting as their own. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Some short time after my sister Sophia's marriage she received from Lord Deerhurst, half a year of the annuity he had made her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He walked into the dining-room as we sat after dinner, and announced his intention in the thick voice of a half-drunken man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- For no one cares for what one cannot half do. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- She had gone to bed at half-past ten. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I believe you were glad we danced no longer; but I would have given worldsall the worlds one ever has to givefor another half-hour. Jane Austen. Emma.
- As the Roman world was divided into the eastern and western halves, so was the Chinese world into the southern and the northern. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let us do nothing by halves. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You only go halves, said Laurie consolingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was felt at once that the mouth did not come over from Sleswig with a band of Saxon pirates whose lips met like the two halves of a muffin. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- That, the question then arose when 'Halves! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I never do things by halves, as you know, and I mean to have the house clear of a pack of useless people by this time to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The cue is then sawed across into halves. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If, said Mr Wegg by way of peroration, he had erred in saying only 'Halves! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Only one half of the string is bowed, but both halves vibrate. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband, as it had once been to Willoughby. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The van der Luydens do nothing by halves. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is built in two halves for flexibility and either half may be replaced during repairs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- That, he considered it plain that such price was stateable in a single expressive word, and that the word was, 'Halves! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- These gifted Latin monks never do any thing by halves. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Don't we always go halves in everything? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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