Definitions for halves

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halves halves

Spelling: [havz, hahvz]

IPA: /hævz, hɑvz/

Halves is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in halves (aehlsv).

Definitions for halves

noun

1. plural of half.
2. one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a whole equal or almost equal to the remainder.
3. a quantity or amount equal to such a part (½).
4. Sports. either of two equal periods of play, usually with an intermission or rest period separating them. Compare quarter (def 10).
5. one of two; a part of a pair.
6. Informal. half dollar. the sum of 50 cents:
7. Baseball. either of the two units of play into which an inning is divided, the visiting team batting in the first unit and the home team batting in the second.
8. Football. a halfback.
9. British Informal. a half-crown coin. the sum of a half crown; two shillings, sixpence. a half pint:

Idioms

1. by halves, incompletely or partially: halfheartedly:
2. go halves, to share equally; divide evenly.
3. by half, by very much; by far:
4. half again as much / many, as much as 50 percent more:
5. half in two, Southern U.S. (chiefly Gulf States) . in or into two parts; in half:
6. in half, divided into halves:
7. not half, not at all; not really: half (def 20).
8. not the half of, a significant yet relatively minor part of something that remains to be described in full: Also, not half of, not half.
9. 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.

adverb

1. in or to the extent or measure of half.
2. in part; partly; incompletely:
3. to some extent; almost:

adjective

1. being one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisible whole:
2. being half or about half of anything in degree, amount, length, etc.:
3. partial or incomplete:

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 halves

before 900; Middle English; Old English h(e)alf; cognate with German Halb, Old Norse halfr, Gothic halbs

Examples for halves

To give a more vivid picture of the Donetsk population as he understood it, Verin drew a circle and divided it in two halves.

Put them in the milk, with the onions cut in halves, and pepper and salt.

Here, Lee is looking to use shorter-run fare as a bridge between the two halves of 22 or 24-episode dramas.

Everything which benefits one of the halves benefits the other.

Spread the jam at the bottom, and lay on it the sponge cakes, cut in halves.

I was on the way, my Love, to meet you (I never do things by halves), when I got your card.

Transfer the halves and cylinders to a medium sauté pan with the chicken stock and butter and bring to a simmer.

When the fruit is nearly ripe, pare and cut some in halves; break the stones, blanch the kernels, and put them to the fruit.

The halves are divided on whether Kiev is doing a good job right now.

It turns out that a nail clipper, divided into two halves and hooked up directly into a power socket will boil water.