• Halve

    Pronunciation

    • UK IPA: /hɑːv/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːv
    • US enPR: hăv, IPA: /hæv/
    • Rhymes: -æv
    • Homophones: have some accents

    Full definition of halve

    Verb

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

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