halves

[havz, hahvz]

noun

1. plural of half.

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. by halves,

   1. incompletely or partially.

      to do things by halves.

   2. halfheartedly.

      better not at all than by halves.

2. go halves, to share equally; divide evenly.

see by halves; go halves. Also see under half.

Example Sentences

When two teams are paired, they are placed in opposite halves of the knockout bracket and cannot meet each other until the final.

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One or two may have noticed the ripped curtain, with the halves of the painted birthday cake now flapping in the breeze.

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The difference between the two halves was significant as the Trojans held the two opponents to a combined total of 209 second-half yards.

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One concern about switching to two 30-minute halves is the footprint of a match would theoretically have no fixed end point.

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In an accident, radiation—the protons and neutrons that continue to fly from the broken halves of uranium in the fuel—may travel a short distance from the reactor.

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