Halve

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Halve \Hal"ve\ (h[aum]l"ve), n.
     A half. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Halve \Halve\ (h[aum]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halved}
     (h[aum]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Halving}.] [From {Half}.]
     1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to
        be or form half of.
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              So far apart their lives are thrown
              From the twin soul that halves their own. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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     2. (Arch.) 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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     3. Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same
        number of strokes as an opponent.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halve
       v : divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "halve":
     amputate, apportion, ax, be partners in, bifurcate, bisect, branch,
     butcher, by two, carve, chop, cleave, cooperate, cut, cut away,
     cut in two, cut off, dichotomize, dimidiate, dissever, divide,
     divide with, divvy up with, excise, fission, fissure, fork, gash,
     go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares,
     hack, hew, in half, incise, jigsaw, lance, pare, prune, ramify,
     rend, rive, saw, scissor, sever, share, share in, slash, slice,
     slit, snip, split, split in two, split the difference, subdivide,
     sunder, tear, transect, whittle