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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of two equal parts of a divisible whole
Synonyms Examples "half a loaf" or "half an hour" or "a century and one half" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Toying_with her field in the early stages , Garden_Fresh was asked for top speed only in the stretch by Jockey Philip_Grimm and won by a length and a half in 1.24 3 - 5 for the 7 furlongs . ("Editorials"...)The gallant half city is dying on_its_feet '' . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)It is to this same tradition that most_of the creative figures in the last century and a half of American theology also belong . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)As a substitute for this , organic fertilizer dissolved in water to half the strength in the directions , may be used . I like to shear half my plants at_a_time , leaving one half of them to blossom while the second_half is getting_started on its new round of blooming . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
Examples "a half chicken" "lasted a half hour" Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)It was Porter , however , who produced the very first movie whose name has lived on through the half century of film history that has since ensued . (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Laurence_M_._Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles_C_._Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon_snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more_than half as long as the biggest adults . (A. N. Nagaraj and L. M. Black, "Localization of...)The light_beam from the lamp was filtered through a half standard thickness Corning 1840 filter . In_addition to other treatments , treating the sections with normal sheep serum for half an hour before layering * * f did not reduce nonspecific staining . (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)Half a mile below at the mouth of Salyer_'s_Canyon was an old ranch that the company had purchased from A._J._Armstrong , occupied by a Mexican , his wife , and an old trapper . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] partially or to the extent of a half
Examples "he was half hidden by the bushes" Used in print (John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)Observing their distressing condition , Colonel_Snelling allowed these half starved immigrants to settle on the military reservation . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)Why , I can get them knocked_off for half that_much '' . (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Sleepily , as if half reluctant to break the silence , he lifted his voice : `` Rhu-beb ni_ice fresh rhu-beb today '' ! (Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)`` They found something else up there '' , she said half aloud to the empty room . (Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)He realized now he had more_than half hoped he would n't find him - that Muller would not be here , that the attempt would be scheduled for somewhere beyond Hoag 's control . |
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[ adjective ] partial
Examples "gave me a half smile" "he did only a half job" Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)He stood stiffly erect , clutching the staff , his body half hidden by the limp cloth . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)Abel ignored the half expressed bid for confirmation . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)`` Now drive carefully , for_God's_sake '' ! she called , trying to attain a half humorous resentment at his departure . (Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)He 's been married and got this half grown kid . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)It was at that party that , finally overcoming my timidity , inspired by tales only half understood and overheard among older boys , I asked Jessie to spend New_Year's_Eve with me . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of siblings) related through one parent only
Examples "a half brother" "half sister" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport) in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
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