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noun. One of two equal parts that together constitute a whole.

noun. One part approximately equal to the remaining part.

noun. A 50-cent piece.

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noun. One of the two playing periods into which certain games are divided.

noun. A halfback.

noun. A school term; a semester.

noun. Half an hour.

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adjective. Being one of two equal parts.

adjective. Being approximately a half.

adjective. Partial or incomplete.

adverb. To the extent of exactly or nearly 50 percent.

adverb. Not completely or sufficiently; partly.

idiom. (by half) By a considerable extent.

idiom. (by half) By an excessive amount.

idiom. (by halves) In a reluctant manner; unenthusiastically.

idiom. (many/much) One-and-a-half times as much or as many; 50 percent more.

idiom. (in half) Into halves.

idiom. (not half) Not at all.

idiom. (not the half of) Only a fraction or a small part of.

In an equal part or degree; by half; hence, in part; to some extent: much used in composition, and often indefinite: as, half-baked; half-dead; half-educated; half-starved.

An erroneous form of haft.

Being one of two equal parts; consisting of a moiety: as, a half share in an enterprise; a half ticket in a lottery.

noun. A side; a part.

noun. Part; behalf; account; sake.

noun. One of two equal parts of anything that is divisible, or that may be regarded as divisible; a moiety: usually not followed by of unless preceded by a qualifying word: as, half the miseries or pleasures of life; half a pound; half an orange; the half, one half, or the other half of an orange.

noun. Among schoolboys in England, a session; the term between vacations: a contraction of half-year. Sometimes there are three “halves” in the year.

noun. In foot-ball, a half-back. See back, n., 12.

To divide into halves; halve; hence, loosely, to separate into parts of any relative size.

noun. Part; side; behalf.

noun. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of.

noun. See under Better.

noun. in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in halves or into halves.

noun. in one's behalf; on one's part.

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noun. to claim an equal share with another.

noun. to share equally between two.

transitive verb. To halve. [Obs.] See halve.

adjective. Consisting of a moiety, or half

adjective. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect

adjective. a lemur.

adjective. See under 2d Back.

adjective. the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.

adjective. a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather.

adjective. one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.

adjective. a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.

adjective. a cadence on the dominant.

adjective. a slight salute with the cap.

"Yes Fr Guy's leaving his up until the Baptism of Our Lord..ours are half up..half down!"