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Webster 1913 Edition
Halve
Hal′ve
(häl′ve)
, Noun.
A half.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
1.
To divide into two equal parts;
as, to
; to be or form half of. halve
an appleSo far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that
From the twin soul that
halves
their own. M. Arnold.
2.
(Arch.)
To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Webster 1828 Edition
Halve
H`ALVE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
halve
halve
See also: hälve
English
Verb
halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)
- (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
- (transitive) To divide into two halves.
- (transitive) To make up half of.
- M. Arnold
- So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
- M. Arnold
- (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
- (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
- to halve a hole or a match
- 2005, Bill Elliott, The Golf Bag Buddy: The Essential On-Course Reference (page 67)
- All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.
Translations
to reduce to half of original
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to divide in two equal parts
Anagrams
Middle English
- half