Half
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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] 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] Half \Half\, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]  half adv 1: partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes" adj 1: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" 2: partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" 3: (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" [ant: whole] n 1: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: one-half, half] 2: one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval  HALF, n. One of two equal parts into which a thing may be divided, or considered as divided. In the fourteenth century a heated discussion arose among theologists and philosophers as to whether Omniscience could part an object into three halves; and the pious Father Aldrovinus publicly prayed in the cathedral at Rouen that God would demonstrate the affirmative of the proposition in some signal and unmistakable way, and particularly (if it should please Him) upon the body of that hardy blasphemer, Manutius Procinus, who maintained the negative. Procinus, however, was spared to die of the bite of a viper.  half [half] assisted; helped  half [hɑːf] halb; Hälfte  half [hɑːf] demi moitié  half befejezetlen felerészben fél félig nemteljes részben tökéletlen  half mezzo metà  half‐ half‐ half [hɑːf] half helft  half [hɑːf] meio metade  half [hɑːf] половина  half [hɑːf] medio  half [hɑːf] halv hälft  half [hɑːf] hanner  half [hɑlf] halb  half‐ half‐; hemi‐; semi‐ half [hɑlf] half  half [hɑlf] demi  HALF. One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime, &c.  half Hälfte f half halb...  half assisted half aided  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "half": 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 Half related |
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