Halves

4 definitions found

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

  Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), n.; pl. {Halves} (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf.
     See {Half}, a.]
     1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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              The four halves of the house.         --Chaucer.


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     2. 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.
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              Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
                                                    --Milton.
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              A friendship so complete
              Portioned in halves between us.       --Tennyson.
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     {Better half}. See under {Better}.
  
     {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly
        instead of {in halves} or {into halves}; as, to cut in
        half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
  
     {In one's half} or {On one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's
        part. [Obs.]
  
     {To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another.
  
     {To go halves}, to share equally between two.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Halves \Halves\ (h[aum]vz), n.,
     pl. of {Half}.
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     {By halves}, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily;
        partially; incompletely.
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              I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or
              I have it not.                        --J. H.
                                                    Newman.
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     {To go halves}. See under {Go}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  half
       adj 1: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or
              quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" [syn:
               {half(a)}]
       2: partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
          [syn: {half(a)}]
       3: (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half
          brother"; "half sister" [ant: {whole}]
       n 1: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf";
            "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: {one-half}]
       2: in various games or performances: either of two periods of
          play separated by an interval
       adv : partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by
             the bushes"
       [also: {halves} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halves
       See {half}