'Halve' definitions:
Definition of 'halve'
(from WordNet)
verb
Divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"
Definition of 'Halve'
From: GCIDE
- Halve \Hal"ve\ (h[aum]l"ve), n. A half. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Halve'
From: GCIDE
- Halve \Halve\ (h[aum]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halved (h[aum]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.] [From Half.]
- 1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of. [1913 Webster]
- So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves their own. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.
Synonyms of 'halve'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amputate,
- apportion,
- ax,
- be partners in,
- bifurcate,
- bisect,
- branch,
- butcher,
- by two,
- carve,
- chop,
- cleave,
- cooperate,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- dichotomize,
- dimidiate,
- dissever,
- divide,
- divide with,
- divvy up with,
- excise,
- fission,
- fissure,
- fork,
- gash,
- go even stephen,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go halvers,
- go halves,
- go shares,
- hack,
- hew,
- in half,
- incise,
- jigsaw,
- lance,
- pare,
- prune,
- ramify,
- rend,
- rive,
- saw,
- scissor,
- sever,
- share,
- share in,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- snip,
- split,
- split in two,
- split the difference,
- subdivide,
- sunder,
- tear,
- transect,
- whittle