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halve

[ hav, hahv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, halved, halv·ing.

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

/ hɑːv /

Origin of halve¹

1250–1300; Middle English halven, derivative of half

Origin of halve¹

Old English hielfan; related to Middle High German helben; see half

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.

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.

Halve nice peaches, peel them, and put one half on a round of sponge cake for each person.

In the ordinary way I was pretty certain to halve one of the nine holes with Henry, and so win the match.

You may not care to halve it, Mary, perhaps halving would be too much, but a hundred a year for Teresa.

I became used to her in time, and knowing she would halve whatever I said, used to demand double the worth of the thing.

Beard the oysters and scallops; halve or quarter them; pack them in scallop-shells or small tins.

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