Half
31half — /haf / (say hahf) noun (plural halves /havz / (say hahvz)) 1. one of the two equal (or approximately equal) parts into which anything is or may be divided. 2. Sport either of the two periods of a game. 3. Rugby Football a. → halfback …
32half — 1. adjective /hɑːf,hæf/ a) Consisting of a moiety, or half (1/2, 50%). a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view b) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial;… …
33half — 1. a quantity of beer Shortened form of half a pint: Pints were for men... only boys drank halves. (Sharpe, 1975) In obsolete use, to half pint was to drink beer: Two miners were half pinting in the public house. (R. Hunt, 1865)… …
34half — noun (plural halves) 1》 either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided. ↘either of two equal periods into which a sports game or performance is divided. 2》 Brit. informal half a pint of beer. 3》 informal… …
35half — determiner, pronoun 1) (in telling time) half past the hour (it s half past four) 2) half of (half of them) 3) (misc.) it s not half bad ( it s fairly good ) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is necessary when a pronoun follows. When a… …
36half — be·half; half; half·lings; half·ly; half·mens; half·ness; half·pace; half·pen·ny; half·pen·ny·worth; half·ling; half·heart·ed·ly; half·heart·ed·ness; …
37half — [[t]hæf, hɑf[/t]] n. pl. halves (havz, hӓvz), adj. adv. 1) one of two equal or approximately equal parts, as of an object, unit of measure or time, or other divisible whole; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder 2) a quantity… …
38half — see half a loaf is better than no bread the half is better than the whole one half of the world does not know how the other half lives half the truth is often a whole lie believe nothing of what you hear, and only half of what you see …
39half — /hɑ:f/ noun one of two equal parts into which something is divided ● The first half of the agreement is acceptable. ♦ we share the profits half and half we share the profits equally ■ adjective divided into two parts ♦ half a percentage point… …
40half — See: GO HALVES, GO OFF HALF COCKED also GO OFF AT HALF COCK, IN HALF, SIX OF ONE AND HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER, TIME AND A HALF, TOO BY HALF …
