Definitions for halve

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Spelling: [hav, hahv]
IPA: /hæv, hɑv/

Halve is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in halve (aehlv).

Definitions for halve

Idioms

  1. 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.

verb (used with object)

  1. to divide into two equal parts.
  2. to share equally:
  3. to reduce to half.
  4. Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.

Origin of halve

1250-1300; Middle English halven, derivative of half

Examples for halve

The company is shedding 5,400 of its 63,500 employees and taking a number of charges that will halve its quarterly profits.

They want vivacity—some one who will halve their years, with whom they can sport and romp.

Do you think I would go through this labour if you were not to halve the success?

halve that again, just because the numbers seem so absurd, and vampires are worth $62.5 million each October.

To his suggestion that they should, at any rate, halve the load, Lindela laughed in scorn.

He used to give her peanuts when he was in short jackets, and she used to halve her candies with him.

One's for you, both if you like; or we can halve them, and taste each of them.

"But I have only to halve one hole out of nine," I pointed out.

Of the next seven holes I managed to win three and halve two.

Pare thin and halve four pounds of apricots, put them in a dish, and strew among them three pounds of fine loaf-sugar powdered.

Word Value for halve
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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