'Halving' definitions:
Definition of 'Halving'
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 'halving'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguity,
- ambivalence,
- bifidity,
- biformity,
- bifurcation,
- bipartition,
- bisection,
- branching,
- by two,
- conjugation,
- cutting in two,
- dichotomy,
- dimidiation,
- division,
- doubleness,
- doublethink,
- doubling,
- dualism,
- duality,
- duplexity,
- duplication,
- duplicity,
- equivocality,
- forking,
- in half,
- irony,
- Janus,
- pairing,
- polarity,
- ramification,
- subdivision,
- twinning,
- two-facedness,
- twoness