halve

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /hɑːv/
• (America) enPR: hăv, IPA: /hæv/

Verb

halve (halves, present participle halving; past and past participle halved)

1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
3. (transitive) To make up half of.
   • M. Arnold

     So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.

4. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

   to halve a hole or a match

Synonyms

• (to divide into two halves) dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect

Translations

• German: halbieren
• Italian: dimezzare
• Portuguese: mear
• Russian: сокраща́ть наполови́ну
• Spanish: demediar, dimidiar

Translations

• French: diviser en deux
• German: halbieren, hälften (rare), zweiteilen
• Italian: dimezzare
• Portuguese: mear
• Russian: дели́ть попола́м
• Spanish: dimidiar, demediar

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