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HALVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide by two; divide into halves

Example:

Halve the cake

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "halve" is one way to...):

divide; fraction (perform a division)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Said another way, the opposition can feel like two halves of an apple coming together to make a whole, or it can feel like a tug of war.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He roughly divided the gold in halves, caching one half on a prominent ledge, wrapped in a piece of blanket, and returning the other half to the sack.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But you are not merely a businessman, you love good and beautiful things, enjoy them yourself, and let others go halves, as you always did in the old times.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But, sir, when I said so to myself on rising this morning, and when I looked round the room to gather courage and comfort from the cheerful aspect of each familiar object in full daylight, there—on the carpet—I saw what gave the distinct lie to my hypothesis,—the veil, torn from top to bottom in two halves!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They include: • Deviated septum - a shifting of the wall that divides the nasal cavity into halves • Nasal polyps - soft growths that develop on the lining of your nose or sinuses • Nosebleeds • Rhinitis - inflammation of the nose and sinuses sometimes caused by allergies • Nasal fractures, also known as a broken nose

(Nose Injuries and Disorders, NIH)

She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden, and made my axe slip again, so that it cut right through my body, splitting me into two halves.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"You don't give her up. You only go halves," said Laurie consolingly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The cloven halves were not broken from each other, for the firm base and strong roots kept them unsundered below; though community of vitality was destroyed—the sap could flow no more: their great boughs on each side were dead, and next winter's tempests would be sure to fell one or both to earth: as yet, however, they might be said to form one tree—a ruin, but an entire ruin.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

By-and-by we shall take turns, for marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Now, Jo, how could you think there was any need of asking? They are just as much yours as mine. Don't we always go halves in everything?" began Laurie, in the tone that always made Jo turn thorny.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)