halve
- to divide into two equal parts.
- to share equally: to halve one's rations with a stranger.
- to reduce to half.
- Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
- halve together, to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
Origin of halve
Related Words for halve
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Contemporary Examples of halve
The company is shedding 5,400 of its 63,500 employees and taking a number of charges that will halve its quarterly profits.
Halve that again, just because the numbers seem so absurd, and vampires are worth $62.5 million each October.
Historical Examples of halve
He used to give her peanuts when he was in short jackets, and she used to halve her candies with him.
The Incomplete AmoristE. Nesbit
One's for you, both if you like; or we can halve them, and taste each of them.
Abbe Mouret's TransgressionEmile Zola
Pare thin and halve four pounds of apricots, put them in a dish, and strew among them three pounds of fine loaf-sugar powdered.
Of the next seven holes I managed to win three and halve two.
Once a WeekAlan Alexander Milne
To his suggestion that they should, at any rate, halve the load, Lindela laughed in scorn.
The Sign of the SpiderBertram Mitford
halve
- to divide into two approximately equal parts
- to share equally
- to reduce by half, as by cutting
- golf to take the same number of strokes on (a hole or round) as one's opponent
Word Origin for halve
Word Origin and History for halve
c.1200, halfen "to divide in halves;" see half. Meaning "to reduce by half" is from c.1400. Related: Halved; halving.