'Half' definitions:
Definition of 'half'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"
adjective
Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
adjective
Partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
adjective
(of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" [ant: whole]
noun
One of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: one-half, half]
noun
One of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
Definition of 'Half'
From: GCIDE
- Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[=a]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. Halve, Behalf.]
- 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. [1913 Webster]
- Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- Half ape (Zool.), a lemur.
- Half back. (Football) See under 2d Back.
- Half bent, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch.
- Half binding, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather.
- Half boarder, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only.
- Half-breadth plan (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of one half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines.
- Half cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant.
- Half cap, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak.
- At half cock, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
- Half hitch, a sailor's knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch.
- Half hose, short stockings; socks.
- Half measure, an imperfect or weak line of action.
- Half note (Mus.), a minim, one half of a semibreve.
- Half pay, half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay.
- Half price, half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced.
- Half round. (a) (Arch.) A molding of semicircular section. (b) (Mech.) Having one side flat and the other rounded; -- said of a file.
- Half shift (Mus.), a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See Shift.
- Half step (Mus.), a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music.
- Half tide, the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood.
- Half time, half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system.
- Half tint (Fine Arts), a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See Demitint.
- Half truth, a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. --Mrs. Browning.
- Half year, the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Half'
From: GCIDE
- Half \Half\, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Half'
From: GCIDE
- Half \Half\, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. "Half loth and half consenting." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. --Neh. xiii. 24. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Half'
From: GCIDE
- Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), n.; pl. Halves (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf. See Half, a.]
- 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'half'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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 stephen,
- fate,
- fifty percent,
- fifty-fifty,
- half-and-half,
- halfway,
- halfway house,
- halver,
- halvers,
- helping,
- hemisphere,
- interest,
- lot,
- measure,
- mediety,
- meed,
- mess,
- mid-distance,
- midcourse,
- middle distance,
- midway,
- modicum,
- moiety,
- one-and-a-half,
- part,
- partial,
- particular,
- partly,
- per capita,
- per head,
- percentage,
- piece,
- portion,
- pro rata,
- proportion,
- proportional,
- proportionate,
- prorated,
- quantum,
- quota,
- rake-off,
- ration,
- respective,
- segment,
- semicircle,
- semisphere,
- several,
- share,
- slice,
- small share,
- stake,
- stock
Words containing 'Half'
- Halfness,
- In half,
- Half-and-half,
- At half cock,
- Better half,
- Half Moon,
- Half an eye,
- Half ape,
- Half back,
- Half bent,
- Half binding,
- Half blood,
- Half boarder,
- Half cadence,
- Half cap,
- Half heck,
- Half hitch,
- Half hose,
- Half measure,
- Half nelson,
- Half note,
- Half pay,
- Half price,
- Half round,
- Half seas over,
- Half shift,
- Half snipe,
- Half step,
- Half tide,
- Half time,
- Half tint,
- Half tone,
- Half truth,
- Half volley,
- Half year,
- In one's half,
- On one's half,
- first half,
- half a dozen,
- half assed,
- half baked,
- half boot,
- half breed,
- half brother,
- half cocked,
- half crown,
- half curlew,
- half dollar,
- half door,
- half dozen,
- half duplex,
- half eagle,
- half gainer,
- half hatchet,
- half life,
- half mask,
- half mile,
- half page,
- half pint,
- half pound,
- half rest,
- half sister,
- half sole,
- half title,
- half track,
- half-and-half dressing,
- last half,
- second half,
- time and a half,
- Half Moon Bay,
- Half Moon, NC,
- Half-blooded,
- Half-boot,
- Half-bound,
- Half-bred,
- Half-breed,
- Half-brother,
- Half-caste,
- Half-clammed,
- Half-cracked,
- Half-deck,
- Half-decked,
- Half-faced,
- Half-fish,
- Half-hatched,
- Half-heard,
- Half-hearted,
- Half-hourly,
- Half-learned,
- Half-length,
- Half-life,
- Half-mast,
- Half-moon,
- Half-pence,
- Half-pennies,
- Half-pike,
- Half-port,
- Half-ray,
- Half-read,
- Half-sighted,
- Half-sister,
- Half-strained,
- Half-sword,
- Half-timbered,
- Half-tone,
- Half-tongue,
- Half-wit,
- Half-witted,
- Half-yearly,
- To meet half way,
- brother of the half blood,
- go off half cocked,
- half cross stitch,
- half-baked,
- half-century,
- half-clothed,
- half-cock,
- half-crazed,
- half-dozen,
- half-evergreen,
- half-hardy,
- half-heartedly,
- half-holiday,
- half-hour,
- half-intensity,
- half-light,
- half-pay,
- half-penny,
- half-pint,
- half-price,
- half-relief,
- half-seas-over,
- half-size,
- half-slip,
- half-staff,
- half-term,
- half-timber,
- half-time,
- half-track,
- half-tracked,
- half-truth,
- half-truths,
- hell's half acre,
- one-half,
- Half Moon Bay, CA,
- Half-breadth plan,
- Half-lattice girder,
- Half-round hoop,
- To go off half-cocked,
- chance-half correlation,
- go off at half-cock,
- go off half-cocked,
- half-elliptic spring,
- half-free morel,
- half-hour glass,
- half-minute glass,
- six of one and half a dozen of the other,
- split-half correlation,
- To hang the flag at half-staff,
- To hang the flag half-staff,
- To hang the flag half-mast high