halve

Speech parts

1. halve - Noun

2. halve - Verb

Meaning

A half.

To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.

To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dichotomize dimidiate cleave fork rend sunder lower half separate divided cut reduce share break split
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Antonyms

focus double bond connect combine bind
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Hypernyms

fraction divide

Derivatives

halved halving

Anagrams

Havel Vahle

Examples

In our monogamous part of the world, to marry means to halve one's rights and double one's duties. Arthur Schopenhauer

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. Arthur Schopenhauer

One of the greatest problems today is about the people who would rather be right than be President. I have a solution for that. You can be Left and President: that way you can eat your cake and halve it too. Or you can stay in the middle of the road and get run over. Gracie Allen

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. Stephen Hawking

It's easy to halve the potato where there's love. Irish Proverb

To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. Scottish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

halvans halvarine halvation halve it halved halver