[ UK /hˈɑːf/ ]
[ US /ˈhæf/ ]
ADVERB
  1. partially or to the extent of a half
    he was half hidden by the bushes
ADJECTIVE
  1. consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
    a half chicken
    lasted a half hour
  2. partial
    gave me a half smile
    he did only a half job
  3. (of siblings) related through one parent only
    a half brother
    half sister
NOUN
  1. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
  2. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
    half a loaf
    half an hour
    a century and one half
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  • Does the plain, unsugared doughy type bagel look alike surpass the overly decorated with hundreds and thousands and pumped full of sweet chemicals with optional coating of chocolate (half dipped) Tescos Express doughnut win every time? Rabbit Stew. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
  • Divide half the mixture between 4 glass bowls, then sprinkle with a few fresh raspberries and a bit more crushed honeycomb. The Sun
  • My poor Lirriper was a handsome figure of a man, with a beaming eye and a voice as mellow as a musical instrument made of honey and steel, but he had ever been a free liver being in the commercial travelling line and travelling what he called a limekiln road — “a dry road, Emma my dear,” my poor Lirriper says to me, “where I have to lay the dust with one drink or another all day long and half the night, and it wears me Emma” — and this led to his running through a good deal and might have run through the turnpike too when that dreadful horse that never would stand still for a single instant set off, but for its being night and the gate shut and consequently took his wheel, my poor Lirriper and the gig smashed to atoms and never spoke afterwards. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
  • A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a couple of superb goals from Anthony Edwards.
  • He is a bit upset by that, that anybody thought he was wanting to leave just for one half-time where I was more direct with the players than I have been for a few months.
  • On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
  • It has half a bad novel inside it so I've never quite brought myself to throw it out.
  • The seeds were then cut in half longitudinally and deposited on a sterile Whatman No.1 filter paper impregnated with 1% tetrazolium chloride.
  • It explains why some people must have a full eight hours' kip while others get away with half that. The Sun
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