Half

  • 41half — 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 …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42half — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hemisphere; bisection; moiety. See numeration.Ant., whole. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. partly, partial, divided by two, divided in two, equally distributed in halves, mixed, divided, halved, bisected …

    English dictionary for students

  • 43half — 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 …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 44half —    1. a unit of proportion equal to 1/2. The English word half, like the German prefix halb , is often placed before the name of a unit to create a combination which functions as a new unit equal to half the old one. Half dozen, half hour, and… …

    Dictionary of units of measurement

  • 45half —   Hapalua, pika.    ♦ Half covered, kīhapa.    ♦ Half dollar, hapalua.    ♦ Half flower, naupaka.    ♦ Half step (interval in music), kanihapa.    ♦ Half past five o clock, hapalua hola elima …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 46half — Synonyms and related words: allotment, allowance, big end, bigger half, bisection, bit, bite, budget, chunk, commission, contingent, cut, deal, destiny, distributional, distributive, dividend, dole, end, equal, equal share, equidistance, even… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47half — 1. adjective a half grapefruit Syn: halved, bisected, divided in two Ant: whole 2. adverb 1) the chicken is half cooked Syn: partially, partly, incompletely, inadequately, insufficiently; in part …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 48half — (not) half British & Australian, informal something that you say in order to emphasize an opinion or a statement. He didn t half eat a lot. She isn t half brave, your sister …

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  • 49half- — prefix 1. on the way towards being: half awake; half asleep. 2. partially: he half rose from the table …

  • 50half —  1. Half pint.  2. not half Very much.    ♣ He wasn t half mad. He was very angry …

    A concise dictionary of English slang