Meaning of half | Babel Free

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1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
2. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
3. half (one of two equal parts of any whole)
4. One of two equal periods into which a game is divided
5. In a reluctant manner; unenthusiastically.
6. One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
7. synonym of cuarto, half-fanega (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 27.8 L)
8. One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game
9. One-and-a-half times as much or as many; 50 percent more.
10. One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
11. stocking (long thin leggings worn by women)
12. Half of a standard measure, chiefly: half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree. A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead)
13. Into halves.
14. Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
    British
15. half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
    British
16. pantyhose (stockings connected at the top and pulled up to the waist)
17. half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree
18. Not at all: "Fancy housing? Not half likely, ma'am" (Russell Baker).
19. A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
20. sock (short unisex cloth covering for feet)
21. Only a fraction or a small part of.
22. The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
23. a half-dozen; a half-kilo of tea. half- نِصْف половин meio- půl- halb-... halv- μισο-medio pool- نیم؛ نیمه puoli- demiחצי आधा pol- fél- setengah hálf-, hálfur mezzo 半－ 반- pusė pus- setengah half- halv-pół نیم،نیمه meio-(quilo, etc.) ju­mătate (de) пол- pol pol pola halv- ครึ่ง yarım... (前綴)半... пів-; напів- کسی چیز کی آدھی مقدار một nửa （前缀）半...
24. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
25. in equal parts. We can split the costs between us half-and-half. om die helfte مُناصَفَةً по равно meio a meio půl na půl halb und halb halvt/halvt; fifty/fifty μισό μισό a medias, en partes iguales pooleks, võrdselt نصف نصف puoliksi moitié-moitié חֲצִי-חֲצִי आधा-आधा popola fele(s) arányú, fele arányban sama rata í tvennt, til helminga mezzo e mezzo, metà e metà 半々に [] 반반으로 per pusę uz pusēm separuh-separuh gelijkelijk, fifty-fiftyhalvt om halvt, halvparten hverpół na pół نیم نیم em partes ig...
26. A half sibling.
    slang
27. in football, hockey etc, (a player in) a position directly behind the forwards. skakel خَط شِبْه الدِّفاع полузащитник médio záložník der Läufer halfback μέσοςmedio poolkaitsja پست میانه keskushyökkääjä demi עֶמדָת קַשָר फुटबाल खिलाड़ी का स्थान vezni igrac fedezet gelandang tengah miðvallarspilari, miðjumaður mediano ハーフバック (축구, 하키의) 하프백 saugas pussargs pemain barisan tengah middenvelderhalf, midtbanespillerpomocnik, pomoc هاف بيك ( دفوټبال په لوپه كى médio mij­­locaş полузащитник záložník kr...
    etc
28. A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
    UK, dated
29. a brother or sister by one parent only. My father has been married twice, and I have two half-brothers. halfbroer شَقيق، أخ من الأم أو الأب فقط пририден брат/сестра meio-irmão nevlastní bratr, sestra der Halbbruder, die Halbschwester halvbror; halvsøster ετεροθαλής αδελφός, αδελφή medio hermano, hermanastro poolvend, poolõde برادر یا خواهر ناتنی velipuoli, siskopuoli demi-frère, demi-soeur אָח חוֹרֶג सौतेला polubraca féltestvér saudara tiri hálfbróðir fratellastro; sorellastra 異父[]兄弟[] 배다른 형제...
30. abbreviated form for half marathon.
31. a person whose father and mother are of different races, especially white and black. halfbloed مُوَلَّد، خُلاسي метис mestiço míšenec das Halbblut halvkaste; blanding μιγάςmestizo segavereline دورگه puoliverinen métis, isse בֵּן תַּעֲרוֹבֵת वर्णसंकर mješanac félvér peranakan kynblendingur meticcio, 混血児 혼혈아 maišytos rasės žmogus jauktenis campuran van gemengd ras halvkastemieszaniec دوه ړګه mestiço человек смешанной расы miešanec mešanec melez halvblod ลูกครึ่ง melez 混血兒 метис مخلوط النسل آدمی...
    especially
32. Clipping of half-dollar.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Equivalents

Examples

“I ate the smaller half of the apple.”

“You don’t know the half of it.”

“Of the passengers on the plane, half were English.”

“The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.”

“Half (of) my friends live abroad.”

“I’ve bought some chocolate. You can have half.”

“One and a half miles equals a mile and a half.”

“Not half his riches known, and yet despised.”

Comus

“I and he, / Brothers in Art; a friendship so complete / Portion'd in halves between us, […]”

“Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.”

“The Biden administration finalized the first national standard to limit dangerous “forever chemicals” found in nearly half of the drinking water in the United States.”

“An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each.”

“However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move.”

“He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.”

“I accepted a half of bitter from him.”

“I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager."”

“Barrels came in firkins, nine gallons; kilderkins, eighteen gallons; halves, twenty-seven gallons; barrels, thirty-six gallons and hogsheads, fifty-four.”

“Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.”

“So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of steps and halves that is another legacy of my father.”

“Tonight, we're offering the last of the Walking Liberty Halves for awhile:^([sic])”

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