half

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

I ate the smaller half of the apple.

You don’t know the half of it.

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

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

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

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.

Half of a standard measure, chiefly:

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.

Half of a standard measure, chiefly:

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

Consisting of a half (½, 50%).

a half kilo

a half hour

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

a half truth

Assumed from thence a half-consent.

Having one parent (rather than two) in common.

A half brother or half sister

Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.

A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

In some part approximating a half.

Partially; imperfectly.

half-colored

half done

Practically, nearly.

To be a King, is halfe to bee a God.