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verb (used with object), halved, halv·ing.
Idiom1.
to divide into two equal parts.
2.
to share equally: to halve one's rations with a stranger.
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to reduce to half.
4.
Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
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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.
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Halve
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