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half

[haf] / hæf /


NOUN
one of two equal parts of a whole
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"HALF THE ROOM—AT LEAST—WAS CRYING" Finally, after the celebrity speeches and the gift-giving, it was Kuchar's turn.

From Golf Digest • Oct. 24, 2017

MURRAY’S HALF: The Kentucky freshman had 21 points in the first half, the most by any Wildcat this season.

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2016

Across her stern, above the rudder of massive oaken plank clamped with iron, is painted the name "HALF MOON," in straggling letters.

From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian

NOT "HALF A CHAP."—A well-known Clergyman, who "does nothing by halves." i.e.,

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891 by Various




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