Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, with one half, or nearly so, of a nominally bilateral organ wanting, as in the leaves of some begonias; dimidiate.
- In golf, having the same score on each side: as, a hole is halved when each side takes the same number of strokes; a match is halved when both sides have won the same number of holes, or have proved equal; etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
halve .
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Examples
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Herceptin halved the chances of cancer recurrence: from one in six to one in 12 after two years.
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Herceptin halved the chances of cancer recurrence: from one in six to one in 12 after two years.
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Underscoring those concerns, South Korea's LG Display Co. said Thursday its third-quarter profit more than halved from the year-earlier period, largely due to weak panel prices as demand for consumer electronics sagged.
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I'd wake up to find the kitchen table covered in halved grapefruits.
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Guerin halved the deficit with 6: 54 remaining in the third period.
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Williams, a banker by Kidd and two free throws by Kenyon Martin halved the deficit.
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Montreal again halved the deficit on Richard Zednik's power-play goal 3 1/2 minutes later.
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Andrei Nikoloshin halved Chicago's deficit with 7: 53 to go in the opening period.
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Sergei Berezin halved the deficit 5: 49 into the second period, but the Blackhawks failed to put the equalizer past Tommy Salo.
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Bill Guerin halved the Stars 'deficit at 12: 10, but rookie Vern
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