halve

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɑːv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv
• (US) enPR: hăv, IPA^(key): /hæv/
• Rhymes: -æv
• Homophone: have (some accents)

Verb

halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)

1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
3. (transitive) To make up half of.
   • M. Arnold

     So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.

4. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

   to halve a hole or a match

   • 2005, Bill Elliott, The Golf Bag Buddy: The Essential On-Course Reference (page 67)

     All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.

Anagrams

• Havel, Vahle

Adjective

halve

1. plural and definite singular attributive of halv

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑl.və/

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Adjective

halve

1. Inflected form of half

Noun

halve

1. half

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa

References

• “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa

References

• “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.