halve

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To reduce to half the original amount.
2. To divide into two halves.
3. To make up half of.
4. To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

Sinonieme

bisect

split

divide

split in half

divide into two

split in two

cut in half

dispense

distribute

fork

line segment

rip

separate

share

smash

tear apart

cut in two

dichotomise

reduction by half

crack

divide equally

divide in halves

share equally

make less

drink up a half

eat up a half

bifurcate

reduce by a half

break

cut

cut across

deal

dichotomize

dilute

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɑːv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: halven

Geërf van Old English: hilfan

Verwante met Middle Dutch: halven

Verwante met Middle High German: halben

Verwante met Fries: helte

Verwante met Nederlands: halveren

Verwante met Duits: halbieren

Verwante met Deens: halvere

Verwante met Sweeds: halvera

In summary

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).