Half (IPA: /ˈhæf/)
| Half (a.) |
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. |
| Half (a.) |
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. |
| Half (adv.) |
In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. |
| Half (a.) |
Part; side; behalf. |
| Half (a.) |
One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. |
| Half (v. t.) |
To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. |
| Half () |
The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See Blood, n., 2 and 4. |
| Half (n.) |
A person so related to another. |
| Half (n.) |
A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. |
| Half () |
Half drunk. |
| Half |
One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided |
| Half |
2016 film |
| Half |
Painting by Kenneth Noland |
| Half |
Family name |
| Half Synonyms |
Fractional |
| Half Synonyms |
Incomplete, Uncomplete |
| Half Synonyms |
One-half |
| Half (Last Name / Surname) |
Half is the #129,825 most common last name / surname from the 2010 United States Census. The census reported that 131 people had that surname. |
| Spanish Translation |
Half in Spanish is Medio |
| Tagalog Translation |
Half in Tagalog is Kalahati |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " " like us? Counting up the minutes -- have we spent half an hour together?" - Peter Greenaway |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (mocking leopard seal) He's coming! We better move in half an hour! (Slowly) Let's get out of here!" - Happy Feet |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " (on his firing from Two and a Half Men) I would have fired my ass too. Well, maybe not like they did." - Charlie Sheen |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [after catching the top half of a skyscraper] I got it." - Infinite Crisis |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " [When asked where the Sebastian is] Well, he must be half way to China by now, he showed us his willis & doodleberries." - She's the Man |
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