| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To divide, distribute, share, disintegrate or hyphenate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To allot, dispense or assign. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To partake. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To participate, join, splice, add or conjoin. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To deliver or provide.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb halve.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (halve) | 1. Divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake".[Wordnet]. 2. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.[Websters]. 3. To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: halving, halved, halves, halver, halvers, halvingly and halvedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HALVING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Specialty Definition: halve
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] h`av. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (transitive) To divide into two halves. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: halve
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Halve Maen | The Halve Maen (Half Moon) was this name of the ship that Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch East India Company in 1609. With it Hudson sailed from Amsterdam to the Barents Sea, where he was unable to find a northern passage to the east. Not wanting to return to his patrons with this bad news, he then sailed westward to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in search of the Northwest Passage. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HALVING
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Halving becket | Food & Agriculture | A piece of rope or wire loosely encircling the circumference of the codend or the strengthening bag, if any, and attached to it by means of loops or rings. More than one lifting strap may be used at any time. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: halve | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| To Halve and to Hold | 13 | Halve Maen | 8 | |
| Halve Maen | 8 | To Halve and to Hold | 13 | |
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