- to divide into two approximately equal parts
- to share equally
- to reduce by half, as by cutting
- to take the same number of strokes on (a hole or round) as one's opponent
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
halve /hæv/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], halved, halv•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to divide into two equal parts;
to share equally:Halve the apple so we can both eat it. - to reduce to half:Profits were halved when the new tax was introduced.
halve
(hav, häv),USA pronunciation v.t., halved, halv•ing.
- to divide into two equal parts.
- to share equally:to halve one's rations with a stranger.
- to reduce to half.
- Sport[Golf.]to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
- Idioms halve together, to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
- Middle English halven, derivative of half 1250–1300
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halve /hɑːv/ vb (transitive)
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