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English Dictionary: half	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
half adv partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes" adj consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" Antonym(s): whole n one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" Synonym(s): one-half, half one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), a. [AS. healf, half, half; as a noun, half, side, part; akin to OS., OFries., & D. half, G. halb, Sw. half, Dan. halv, Icel. h[be]lfr, Goth. halbs. Cf. {Halve}, {Behalf}.] 1. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound. 2. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge. Assumed from thence a half consent. --Tennyson. {Half ape} (Zo[94]l.), a lemur. {Half back}. (Football) See under 2d {Back}. {Half bent}, the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch. {Half binding}, a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather. {Half boarder}, one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only. {Half-breadth plan} (Shipbuilding), a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines. {Half cadence} (Mus.), a cadence on the dominant. {Half cap}, a slight salute with the cap. [Obs.] --Shak. {A half cock}, the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half \Half\, adv. In an equal part or degree; in some pa[?] appro[?]mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious. [bd]Half loth and half consenting.[b8] --Dryden. Their children spoke halfin the speech of Ashdod. --Neh. xiii. 24
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half \Half\, n.; pl. {Halves}. [AS. healf. See {Half}, a.] 1. Part; side; behalf. [Obs.] --Wyclif. The four halves of the house. --Chaucer. 2. One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; -- sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple. Not half his riches known, and yet despised. --Milton. A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us. --Tennyson. {Better half}. See under {Better}. {In half}, in two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in [or] into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens. {In, [or] On}, {one's half}, in one's behalf; on one's part. [Obs.] {To cry halves}, to claim an equal share with another. {To go halves}, to share equally between two.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half \Half\, v. t. To halve. [Obs.] See {Halve}. --Sir H. Wotton.