Halve
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /hÉ‘Ëv/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ëv
- US enPR: hăv, IPA: /hæv/
- Rhymes: -æv
- Homophones: have some accents
Full definition of halve
Verb
- (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
- (transitive) To divide into two halves.
- (transitive) To make up half of.
- M. ArnoldSo far apart their lives are thrown
From the twin soul that halves their own.
- (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
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