Halve
[hɑːv] or [hæv]
Definition
(n.) A half.
(v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
(v. t.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Divide into two equal parts, bisect.[2]. Scarf (as timbers), join by a scarf.
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Definition
divided into halves: (bot.) appearing as if one side were cut away.—n.pl. Halves (see Half).
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Examples
- 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.
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