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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Halves \Halves\ (h[aum]vz), noun, pl. of {Half}.
{By halves}, by one half at once; halfway; fragmentarily; partially; incompletely.
I can not believe by halves; either I have faith, or I have it not. --J. H. Newman.
{To go halves}. See under {Go}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Half \Half\ (h[aum]f), noun; pl. {Halves} (h[aum]vz). [AS. healf. See {Half}, adjective]
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 halves} or {into halves}; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
{In one's half} 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
half
adjective
1: consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" [syn: {half(a)}]
2: partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" [syn: {half(a)}]
3: (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister" [ant: {whole}]
noun
1: one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" [syn: {one-half}]
2: in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
adverb: partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes" [also: {halves} (pl)]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
halves See {half}
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