Half

Definition: Half

Half

Adjective

1. Consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour".

2. Partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job".

3. (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister".

Adverb

1. Partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes".

Noun

1. One of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf" or "half an hour" or "a century and one half".

2. In various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "half" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Satire

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Sports & Leisure

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Half

bisection

Bifurcation, forking, branching, ramification, divarication; fork, prong; fold. half, moiety.

Crosswords: Half

Dutch (half), German (assisted, helped), Serbo-Croatian (halfback).

Lewis, however much coffee you drink in the morning, I want you to reduce it by half. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.)

She and the infant had been buried less than half a year; I would have been happy to join them (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

Not half as bad as you figure it'll be before it's happened (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

I am glad you are late. This chicken took longer than I expected Hope it isn't done too much Of course, it caught on fire once I think it is better that I cut it out here, unless you want half of one for yourself (Notorious; writing credit: Ben Hecht)

Why can't things just go back to normal at the end of the half hour, like on the Brady Bunch (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.)

In half the time it takes to blink (Girls of Summer; performing artist: Aerosmith)

Ooh there's not much time to tell you half the things I should (Sweet Dreams; performing artist: Air Supply)

I've spent half a lifetime (It's No Crime; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface, L.A. Reid, Daryl Simmons)

Yesterday wasn't half as tough as this time (Too Little Too Late; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

If you just give it half a chance (It's Still Rock and Roll To Me; performing artist: Billy Joel)

The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. (references; author: Mark Twain)

May you get to Heaven a half hour before the Devil knows you're dead. (references; author: Irish Proverb)

Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half (references; author: unknown)

Half of a large intestine: 1 semicolon. (references; author: unknown)

Remember, half the people you know are below average. (references; author: unknown)

It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974)

Half the George Kirby Comedy Hour (1972)

Cheap at Half the Price (1972)

Time and a Half (1972)

Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour (1970)

Eric the Half A Bee Song (performing artist: Monty Python)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Robert Half International Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Working Smart: How to Accomplish More in Half the Time (reference)

• My Lady Ludlow To which are added: An accursed race, The doom of the Griffiths, Half a lifetime ago, The Poor Clare, The half-brothers, Mr. Harrison's confessions, The Manchester marriage (reference)

• Adh chanani raat = Night of the half moon (reference)

• A Giraffe and a Half (reference)

• The Policeman's Beard Is Half Constructed (reference)

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Periodicals

• Half Tones To Jubilee (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Dragon Half (reference)

• Heroes in a Half Shell (reference)

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Music

• Half Life (reference)

• Half Smile (reference)

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High Tech

• Fellowes Half Lumbo Roll Back Support - Graphite (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Old Dutch Half Round Pot Rack, Chrome (reference)

• SHARP R120DW White Half Pint Microwave (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A typed manuscript lies open on a purple tablecloth. Various types of grain, either loose or in a bowl and a ladle, are on top. There is also a basket with a round loaf of brown bread cut in half. See also AV-3906. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

(2) color slides show different quantities of cantaloupe melons. (1) whole melon next to a cantaloupe sliced in half, (1) wedge of cantaloupe melon. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

P. malariae, a quartan malaria, produces febrile paroxysms on a 72 hour cycle. Relapses can sometimes occur half a century after being infected. Credit: CDC.

Color version of the left half of the Venera 13 image. Credit: NASA.

The West Fjords are a series of peninsulas in northwestern Iceland. They represent less than one-eighth the country's land area, but their jagged perimeter accounts for more than half of Iceland's total coastline. Credit: NASA.

Stormy seas on the east coast Pier has been broken in half. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Southern half of Golden Gate Bridge. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"The Crater of Erebus, 900 Feet Deep and Half a Mile Wide." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume I, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P.184. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Crepuscular rays illuminate half the sky - Antarctic sunset. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

1. Malaclemmys macrospilota. In: "A Revision of Malaclemmys, a Genus of Turtles", by William Perry Hay. P. 20, Plate XI (upper half). Credit: Fisheries.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And five years product is not worth the perpetual inheritance of land, where all is possessed, and none remains waste, to be taken up by him that is disseized: which will be easily granted, if one do but take away the imaginary value of money, the disproportion being more than between five and five hundred; though, at the same time, half a year's product is more worth than the inheritance, where there being more land than the inhabitants possess and make use of, any one has liberty to make use of the waste: but there conquerors take little care to possess themselves of the lands of the vanquished, No damage therefore, that men in the state of nature (as all princes and governments are in reference to one another) suffer from one another, can give a conqueror power to dispossess the posterity of the vanquished, and turn them out of that inheritance, which ought to be the possession of them and their descendants to all generations. (Second Treatise of Government)

In this way arose Feudal Socialism: half lamentation, half lampoon; half echo of the past, half menace of the future; at times, by its bitter, witty and incisive criticism, striking the bourgeoisie to the very heart's core; but always ludicrous in its effect, through total incapacity to comprehend the march of modern history. (reference)

The voting is void unless the total number of votes cast is equal to half the number of the Delegates attending the Conference. (reference)

Because you see the 46 millions in our island harassed about their food supply, of which they only grow one half, even in war-time, or because we have difficulty in restarting our industries and export trade after six years of passionate war effort, do not suppose that we shall not come through these dark years of privation as we have come through the glorious years of agony, or that half a century from now, you will not see 70 or 80 millions of Britons spread about the world and united in defense of our traditions, our way of life, and of the world causes which you and we espouse. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

American courts have since labored with the doctrine for over half a century. (reference)

To those peoples in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required--not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I have more than half an expectation of our all going abroad

My son, it minds me of a day Left half a life behind, That I have prayed to put away For ever from my mind

He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time

There really wast a lot this machine could do that you couldt do yourself in half the time with a lot less trouble, said Richard, "but it was, on the other hand, very good at being a slow and dim-witted pupil.

In half a minute we will have the poor man out.

The refectory was half empty and the fellows were still passing out in file

Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved

Cent and a half a pound

However, I was terribly shaken and discomposed in this journey, though it were but of half an hour

This man seemed to me to lean over the cornice, and timidly whisper his half truth to the rude occupants who really knew it better than he.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It affects half of all Americans diagnosed with diabetes. (references)

A decibel level of 30 is half as loud as a normal conversation. (references)

Within 2 weeks about half the children came down with chickenpox. (references)

Business

Only half a dozen are wholesalers. (references)

Half of its members are private firms. (references)

SOE sales were down 5.3% in the first half. (references)

Children

Brazil

In September 2000, UNICEF reported that nearly 100,000 children die each year before their first birthday, almost half during the perinatal period. (references)

Ecuador

The Constitution provides that 30 percent of the public budget must be devoted to education; however, in practice only half of that amount is spent. (references)

Liberia

At the end of 2000, 741,816 out of an estimated 1.5 million school age children were enrolled in primary and secondary schools, less than half of whom were girls. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belgium

The number of asylum applications dropped significantly during the first half of the year. (references)

Netherlands

The Justice Ministry estimated that half of all asylum seekers came to the country via alien smuggling organizations. (references)

Guinea

Refugees account for half or more of the populations of the forest region cities of N'Zerekore, Kissidougou, and Macenta. (references)

Economic History

Poland

Flag: Upper half white; lower red. (references)

Namibia

The Ovambo make up about half of Namibia's people. (references)

Jamaica

The sector employs half the number it did in 1994. (references)

Human Rights

Ecuador

One half of all incarcerated persons have not been tried and sentenced. (references)

Brazil

In more than half the calls received, the caller hung up or remained silent. (references)

Macedonia

In nearby Brest, police destroyed half of the homes in the village and two schools. (references)

Indigenous People

New Zealand

Maori inmates constitute more than half the prison population. (references)

Thailand

Members of hilltribes without proper documentation, who account for approximately half the estimated 700,000 to 880,000 such persons, still face restrictions on their movement, may not own land, and are not protected by labor laws, including minimum wage requirements. (references)

Mexico

On April 28, the Lower House approved the revised version of the bill by a vote of 386 to 60. The constitutional reforms were then approved by the State legislatures in 17 of the country's 31 states, thus meeting the requirement that constitutional reforms be approved by at least half of the states. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

Critics also pointed out that only half of the total sum represented newly allocated money. (references)

Cameroon

Of Christians, approximately half are Catholics, and approximately half are affiliated with Protestant denominations. (references)

Congo

The largest ethnic group is the Kongo, who constitute the main ethnic/linguistic group in the southern part of the country and approximately half the country's population. (references)

Political Economy

Ukraine

The other half are elected proportionally from political party lists. (references)

Fiji

Sugar and tourism account for more than half of foreign exchange earnings. (references)

Georgia

Per capita GDP for the first half of the year was approximately $324 (666 GEL). (references)

Political Rights

Venezuela

His supporters also won half the governorships. (references)

Yemen

Voter registration of women is less than half that of men. (references)

Kazakhstan

Of the more than 600 other candidates, approximately half ran as independents. (references)

Trade

Kuwait

Products must arrive at destination within half the shelf-life duration. (references)

Egypt

The tax rebate system currently covers more than half of the major exported commodities. (references)

New Zealand

Local interest rates for corporate financing ranged from 6 - 7% in the latter half of 2000. (references)

Travel

Pakistan

In 1997, Pakistan reverted to weekly holiday on Sunday, with half working day on Fridays. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The normal work-week runs from Saturday through Wednesday, with many companies also requiring a half or full day on Thursday. (references)

Yemen

Aden, Hodeidah and Mukalla experience temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit for half of the year, usually accompanied by high humidity. (references)

Women

Madagascar

Widows with children inherit half of joint marital property. (references)

Egypt

Among those who have been beaten, less than half have ever sought help. (references)

Botswana

Half the murders of women were linked to histories of domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Cambodia

Children under the age of 15 account for more than half the population. (references)

Brazil

Slightly over half of child workers are found in rural areas, and two-thirds are boys. (references)

China

In other sectors, less than half of rural enterprises meet national dust and poison standards. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Half a shekel

A half

Expressions using "half": 1 half peak divergence ♦ 1 half peak spread ♦ a half ♦ A half cock ♦ about half ♦ at half cock ♦ at half mast ♦ at half price ♦ axis in the lower half ♦ axis in the upper half ♦ be half asleep ♦ be only half listening ♦ bearing half ♦ better half ♦ bottom half ♦ brother of the half blood ♦ by half ♦ center half ♦ centre half ♦ crankcase lower half ♦ cut in half ♦ dough placed in the upper half ♦ effective half life ♦ first half ♦ for half a day ♦ go half and half ♦ good half ♦ half a cup ♦ half a day ♦ half a dozen ♦ half a kilo ♦ half a kilogram ♦ half a litre ♦ half a loaf is better than no bread ♦ half a mile ♦ half a minute ♦ half a mo! ♦ half a moment! ♦ half a pound ♦ half a sphere ♦ half adder ♦ Half an eye ♦ half an hour ♦ half and half ♦ half and half measures ♦ Half ape ♦ half as much again ♦ half asleep ♦ Half back ♦ half bearing ♦ Half bent ♦ half binding ♦ half blood ♦ half board ♦ Half boarder ♦ half boot ♦ half breed ♦ half brother ♦ Half cadence ♦ Half cap ♦ half carcase ♦ half cardigan rib ♦ half caste ♦ half change value ♦ half cocked ♦ half cooked ♦ half cross stitch ♦ half crown ♦ half curlew ♦ half dead with fright ♦ half dollar ♦ half door ♦ half dozen ♦ half drink ♦ half duplex ♦ half eagle ♦ half empty ♦ half face ♦ half fare ♦ half full ♦ half gainer ♦ half hatchet ♦ half hearted ♦ Half heck ♦ half hitch ♦ half holiday ♦ Half hose ♦ half hourly ♦ half ils glide path sector ♦ half left turn! ♦ half life ♦ half listening ♦ half mask ♦ Half measure ♦ half measures ♦ half mile ♦ Half Moon ♦ Half Moon Bay ♦ half mourning ♦ half naked ♦ half nelson. Additional references.

Beginning with "half": half-a-billion, half-a-billion-dollar, half-a-bitter, half-a-brick, half-abstracted, half-acceptance, half-accepted, half-a-cent, half-a-century, half-a-century old, half-achieved, half-a-circuit, half-acknowledged, half-acre, half-a-crown, half-actorish, half-a-cup, half-a-day, half-adder, half-admired, half-admission, half-adozen, half-a-dozen, half-a-dozen-of-the-other, half-adult, half-afraid, half-african, half-aggressively, half-agonised, half-agricultural, half-a-hundred, half-alcoholic, half-alert, half-a-litre of milk, half-alive, half-a-loaf, half-alternate, Half-a-man, half-american, half-a-metre, half-a-mile, half-a-million, half-a-minute, half-amused, half-analytical, half-and-half, half-and-half dressing, half-and-halfs, Half-an-elephant, half-angel, half-anglicized, half-angry, half-anhour, half-an-hour, half-animal, half-an-inch, half-anniversary, half-annoyed, half-answered, half-anticipation, half-a-persons, half-apes, half-a-pint, half-apologetically, half-apologising, half-a-poster, half-a-pound, half-apprehended, half-apprehensive, half-arab, half-arabic, half-arched, half-a-repeat, half-armed, half-armour, half-aroused, half-arranged, half-arsed, half-articulated, half-a-score, half-ascriptions, half-a-second, half-ashamed, half-a-sixpence, half-askew, half-asleep, half-asphyxiated, half-assuaged, half-astonished, half-a-thumb's-length, half-a-ton, half-attending, half-attentive, half-attracted, half-aunt, half-aunts, half-awake, half-aware, half-a-winter, half-a-world, half-back, half-backs, half-baked, half-bald, half-ball, half-bar, half-bared, half-barrels, half-barrier, half-bars, half-bastions, Half-bats, half-b-b-bottle, half-beard, half-beast, half-beasts, half-believe, half-believed, half-believer, half-believing, half-belonged, half-belt, half-belted, half-bent, half-best, half-billion, half-bird, half-bitten, half-blind, half-blinded, half-blocked, half-blood, half-blooded, half-blown, half-blue, half-board, half-bodies, half-boiled, half-bolting, half-bond, Half-boot, half-boots, half-bordered, half-born, half-boss, half-bottle, half-bottles, half-bound, half-bow, half-bowing, half-boy, half-boys, Half-breadth plan, half-break, half-breast, half-bred, half-breds, half-breed, half-breedfishermen, half-breeds, half-brick, half-bricks, half-bridge, half-brogue, half-broken, half-brookside, half-brother, Half-brother-in-law, half-brothers, half-brothers and half-sisters, half-bucket, half-building, half-built, half-bull, half-buried, half-buries, half-burned, half-burnt, half-butt, half-ca, half-cab, half-cabin, half-cake, half-calf, half-canopies, half-canopy, half-canton, half-cantons, half-capacity, half-carcase, half-carried, half-carry, half-carrying, half-carved, half-cast, half-caste, half-catches, half-centuries, half-century, half-certain, half-chance, half-chances, half-channel, half-chant, half-chanted, half-charming, half-chewed, half-cheyenne, half-child, half-chinese, half-choked, half-choking, half-circle, half-circles, half-circular, half-civilian, half-civilization, half-clad, Half-clammed, half-classes, half-clenched, half-cloak, half-close, half-closed, half-closing, half-cloth, half-clothed, half-clotted, half-clown, half-cock, half-cocked, half-collapsed, half-collars, half-colonels, half-columns, half-combed, half-committed, half-complement, half-complete, half-completed, half-complete-skeleton, half-concealed, half-concealing, Half-concorde, half-concussed, half-confirmations, half-conscious, half-consciously, half-constructed, half-consumed, half-controlled, half-converted, half-convinced, half-cooked, half-course, half-course sector, half-courses, half-cousin, half-cousins, half-covered, half-covering, Half-cracked, half-cranked, half-crawled, half-crawling, half-crazed, half-crazy, half-cream, half-creatures, half-credit, half-crescent, half-cretan, half-critically, half-crouch, half-crouched, half-crouching, half-crown, half-crowns, half-curious, half-curled-up, half-curling, half-curtain, half-curtains, half-curtsey, half-cut, half-cycles, half-daft, half-damp, half-dance, half-dark, half-darkened, half-darkness, half-dawn, half-day, half-days, half-dazed, half-dead, half-deaf, half-decade, half-decayed, half-decent, half-decided, Half-deck, Half-decked, half-decomposed, half-defined, half-deflated, half-degree, half-deity, half-delirious, half-delivered, half-demolished, half-demon, half-denials, half-derelict, half-deserted, half-despair, half-destroyed, half-did, half-digested, half-disc, half-discharged, half-disgusted, half-dismantled, half-dismembered, half-distance, half-disturbed, half-dived, half-divine, half-diving, half-dog, half-doll, half-dollar, half-dolphin, Half-dome, half-domes, half-done, half-door, half-doors, half-dosed, half-doses, half-down, half-dozen, half-dozens, half-dozing, half-drafted, half-drag, half-dragged, half-dragging, half-drawn, half-dreaded, half-dreading, half-dream, half-dreamily, half-dreaming, half-dreamy, half-dressed, half-dried, half-drowned, half-drowsing, half-drugged, half-drunk, half-drunken, half-dry, half-dug, half-dummies, half-duplex, half-eagle, half-eaten, half-educated, half-egyptian, half-eight, half-elated, half-eleven, half-ellipse, half-elliptic, half-elliptic spring, half-embrace, half-emptied, half-empty, half-encircling, half-engaged, half-english, half-enmeshed, half-enough, half-envied, half-equations, half-erased, half-erect, half-eroded, half-escaped, half-eskimo, half-esters, half-exasperated, half-excepted, half-exception, half-exhilaration, half-existing, half-expect, half-expectation, half-expected, half-expecting, half-experienced, half-explained, half-exposed, half-extended, half-face, Half-faced, half-facelift, half-facet, half-fact, half-fainting, half-falling, half-familiar, half-fantasy, half-fat, half-feared, half-fearful, half-feathered, half-fed, half-fell, half-fictional, half-field, half-fields, half-figures, half-fill, half-filled, half-filling, half-finished, half-firkin, Half-fish, half-fish-half-insect, half-fish-half-insect-looking, half-fit, half-five, half-flag, half-flirtatious, half-flooded, half-flowers, half-fluttered, half-focused, half-focusing, half-folded, half-foot, half-forgetting, half-forgotten, half-forgot-ten, half-formed, half-forming, half-formulated, half-forward, half-four, half-frame, half-frames, half-free, half-free morel, half-freezing, half-french, half-fret, half-frightened, half-frozen, half-frustrated, half-fulfilled, half-full, half-funded, half-furled, half-furnished, half-gallon, half-garbled, half-garrison, half-gasp, half-gate, half-gaze, half-german, half-ghetto, half-gigabyte, half-gipsy, half-glad, half-glance, half-glass, half-glassed, half-glasses, half-glazed, half-glimpsed, half-globes, half-gloom, half-glow, half-gnawed, half-goat, half-god, half-good, half-graben, half-grandfather, half-grapefruit, half-grass, half-grassy, half-gratified, half-greek, half-green, half-greens, half-grin, half-groat, half-ground, half-grown, half-guessed-at, half-guilty, half-guinea, half-guineas, half-guttersnipe-half-muezzin, half-half, half-halts, half-hand, half-hanged, half-hardies, half-hardy, Half-hatched, half-head, half-headed, half-healed, half-healing, Half-heard, Half-hearted, half-hearted attempt, half-heartedly, half-heartedness, half-hedgehog, half-heeding, half-height, half-held, half-hibernate, half-hid, half-hidden, half-hiding, half-hipped, half-hit, half-hitch, Half-hitchcock, half-hitches, half-holiday, half-holidays, half-hooded, half-hoop, half-hope, half-hoped, half-hopeful, half-hopes, half-hoping, half-hopped, half-horse, half-hose, half-hour, half-hour glass, half-hourly, half-hourly report, half-hours, half-house, half-houses, half-housing, half-hull, half-human, half-humans, half-humorous, half-humour, half-hundred, half-hundredweight, half-hungry, half-hunter, half-hypnotic, half-hysterical, half-i, half-ice, half-identify, half-idol, half-illegible, half-illicit, half-illusory, half-imagined, half-immersed, half-implies, half-improvised, half-in, half-incapacitated, half-inch, half-inched, half-inch-thick, half-inclined, half-income, half-indian, half-indignant, half-inflated, half-informed, half-in-half, half-insane, half-inspired, half-intended, half-intensity, half-intermitted, half-invariant, half-invented, half-ironically, half-ish, Half-issa, half-italian, half-jewish, half-jocularly, half-jog, half-joking, half-jokingly, half-jumped, half-karian, half-kill, half-killed, half-killing, Half-kilo, half-kilogram, Half-king, half-kislevite, half-knackered, half-kneeling, half-knew, half-knowable, half-knowing, half-knowingly, half-knowledge, half-known, half-korean, half-labels, half-lace, half-laden, half-laid, half-land, half-landing, half-lap, Half-lattice girder, half-laugh, half-laughed, half-laughing, half-leaning, Half-learned, half-learnt, half-left, half-length, half-length coat, half-length portrait, half-length sheepskin coat, half-lengths, Half-les, half-levelled, half-lid, half-lidded, half-lids, half-lie, half-lies, half-life, half-life, half-life period, half-lifesize, half-lifted, half-lifting, half-light, half-lighted, half-lights, half-line, half-lines, half-listen, half-listened, half-listening, half-lit, half-litre, half-litres, half-lives, half-living, half-load, half-loaf, half-loath, half-look, half-looking, half-lost, half-loud, half-lowered, half-lowering, half-lying, half-mad, half-made, half-maimed, half-man, half-managed, half-manned, half-marathon, half-marathons, half-marching, half-married, half-mask, half-mast, half-mast, half-mast high or half-staff, half-match, half-matches, half-match-fee, half-matrix, half-maximum, half-meaning, half-meanings, half-measure, half-measures, half-melted, half-memories, half-memory, half-men, half-methylated, half-metre, half-milano, half-mile, half-mile-high, half-mile-long, half-military, half-mill, half-millennium, half-millimetre, half-million, half-million-dollar, half-minded, half-minute, half-minute glass, half-mistrust, half-moans, half-mocking, half-molecules, half-moon, half-moon-crescent, half-moons, half-moral, half-moribund, half-mortals, half-mourning, half-mouth, half-movement, half-musty, half-mutt, half-muttered, half-mythical, half-nail, half-naked, half-negro, half-nelson, half-niece, half-nights, half-nine, half-nod, half-nodding, half-not, half-note, half-noticed, half-nude, half-numbered, half-obliterated, half-obscured, half-occupied, half-octave, half-offered, half-on, half-onto, half-open, half-opened, half-organization, half-oriental, half-original, half-orphan, half-ostlander, half-ounce, half-ounces, half-out, half-outraged, half-over, half-overheard, half-overhearing, half-owned, half-owner, half-pace, half-packed, half-page, half-paid, half-painted, half-panelled, half-panelling, half-panted, half-paralysed, half-parodic, half-pass, half-past, half-past-bleedin'-four, half-pasted-up, half-pasteight, half-past-eight, half-past-one, half-past-six, half-pattern, half-pay, half-peace, half-pear-shaped, half-peeled, Half-pence, Half-pennies, half-penny, half-pennyworth, half-perceived, half-phantom, half-phi, half-philosophical, half-pictures, half-pig, Half-pike, half-pilasters, half-pillars, half-pinhead, half-pint, half-pints, half-pissed, half-pitch, half-pitched, half-pitying, half-pivot, half-plaited, half-plate, half-played, half-pleading, half-pleasurable, half-plucked, half-poet, half-point, half-points, half-poisoned, Half-port, half-portuguese, half-post, half-pot, half-pots, half-pound, half-pounds, half-power, half-prepared, half-presentable, half-pretending, half-price, half-price ticket, half-priced, half-priest, half-priestly, half-private, half-processed, half-promise, half-promised, half-promises, half-propped, half-protest, half-proud, half-pulled, half-pulling, half-pushed, half-quartern, half-question, half-quizzical, half-raised, half-raising, half-ran, half-rape, half-rate, half-rated, half-rations, Half-ray, half-reactions, Half-read, half-reading, half-ready, half-real, half-realised, half-realises, half-realized, half-rear, half-recalled, half-reclining, half-recognisable, half-recognised, half-recognized, half-recruit, half-refuelled, half-regretted, half-released, half-reliable, half-relief, half-relieved, half-reluctant, half-remembered, half-repeat, half-replicate, half-replying, half-reproachfully, half-repulsed, half-resentful, half-resentfully, half-residence time, half-resolved, half-respectable, half-respected, half-restored, half-revealed, half-revolution, half-revolve, half-rhinu, half-rhyme, half-rhymes, half-ridden, half-right, half-rings, half-ripe, half-rise, half-risen, half-rising, half-roasted, half-robot, half-roll, half-rolled, half-rolling, Half-romany, half-roofed, half-room, half-rose, half-rosettes, half-rotted, half-rotten, half-round, Half-round hoop, half-roundels, half-row, half-rubbed, half-rubbed-out, half-ruined, half-ruinous, half-run, half-running, half-russian, half-sad, half-saint, half-saltires, half-salute, half-samoan, half-sang, half-sat, half-saw, half-scandalized, half-scared, half-scholarly, half-scottish, half-scrambling, half-screamed, half-screwed, half-seasoned, half-seas-over, half-second, half-secret, half-section, half-sections, half-seduction, half-seen, half-seen-unseen, half-self, half-sensed, half-sentence, half-sentences, half-serious, half-seriously, half-serpent, half-set, half-seven, half-severed, half-shade, half-shaded, half-shadowed, half-shadows, half-shamefaced, half-shameful, half-shaped, half-share, half-shark, half-sharp, half-shaven, half-sheep, half-sheet, half-sheets, half-shell, half-shocked, half-shoes, half-shouted, half-shudder, half-shut, half-shut-marble-eyed, half-shuttered, half-siblings, half-sideways, half-sigh, Half-sighted, half-significant, half-silhouette target, half-silvered, half-simulated, half-sings, Half-sister, Half-sister-in-law, half-sisters, half-sit, half-site, half-sites, half-sitting, half-six, half-size, half-sized, half-sizes, half-skipping, half-skull, half-slave, half-slavery, half-sleep, half-sleeping, half-sleeps, half-sleeves, half-sliding, half-slip, half-slipped, half-slope, half-slopes, half-slumber, half-slumped, half-sly, half-smashed, half-smile, half-smiled, half-smiles, half-smiling, half-smoked, half-smothered, half-smudge, half-snake, half-snarl, half-soaked, half-sob, half-sober, half-soft, half-solid, half-solved, half-somersault, half-somersaults, half-sound, half-sour, half-sovereign, half-sovereigns, half-space, half-span, half-spectacles, half-speech, half-speed, half-spent, half-spilling, half-split, half-spoken, half-sprawled, half-squatting, half-stack, half-stacked, half-stage, half-stand, half-standard, half-standards, half-standing, half-starved, half-starving, half-statement, half-step, half-stepping, half-steps, half-stewed, half-stifled, half-stirred, half-stone, half-stop, half-stoppered, Half-strained, half-strange, half-strangle, half-strangled, half-stratocaster, half-strength, half-stuff, half-stuffed, half-stumbled, half-stunned, half-subdued, half-submerged, half-succeeding, half-success, half-successful, half-suffocated, half-sung, half-sunk, half-sunken, half-supporting, half-suppressed, half-surrounded, half-surviving, half-suspected, half-suspended, half-swallowed, half-swam, half-swedish, half-swing, Half-sword, half-syllabuses, half-sympathetic, half-synod, half-synods, half-taken, half-tamed, half-tapped, half-tartan, half-taught, half-taught person, half-tearing, half-teaspoonful, half-tempted, half-ten, half-tender, half-term, half-termly, half-terms, half-terrified, half-tester, half-thickness, half-thing, half-thinking, half-thought, half-three, half-throttle, half-through, half-tickets, half-tide, half-tiled, half-timber, half-timbered, half-timbering, half-timbers, half-time, half-timer, half-timers, half-times, half-tipsy, half-tiresome, half-titel, half-title, half-titles, half-to-death, half-toise, half-told, half-tolerated, half-ton, Half-tone, half-tone screen, half-tones, Half-tongue, half-tonner, Half-tounue, half-track, half-track vehicle, half-tracked, half-tracks, half-trained, half-trot, half-trotskyite, half-trusted, half-truth, half-truthfully, half-truths, half-tsimshian, half-tube, half-tucked, half-turn, half-turned, half-twist, half-two, half-unbuckled, half-unbuttoned, half-uncial, half-uncle, half-uncles, half-unconscious, half-unconsciousness, half-uncovered, half-understood, half-undressed, half-units, half-up, half-used, half-value, half-vegetable, half-veil, half-veiled, half-villages, half-visible, half-voices, half-volley, half-volleyed, half-volleys, half-volunteer, half-wake, half-waking, half-walk, half-walked, half-walks-half-carries, half-wall, half-warily, half-warmed, half-warning, half-washed, half-watched, half-watching, half-water, half-wave, half-wave, half-wave antenna, half-wave length aerial, half-way, half-way house, half-wayline, half-wedged, half-welfare, half-wellingtons, half-welsh, half-western, half-wheel, half-whicker, half-whisper, half-whispered, half-whore, half-width, half-wild, half-winding, half-window, half-windows, half-wintry, half-wished, half-wishes, half-wishing, half-wit, half-withdrawn, half-wits, half-witted, half-wittingly, half-woke, half-woman, half-word, half-words, half-world, half-worried, half-wrapped, half-written, half-yard, half-yardland, half-yardlander, half-yardlanders, half-yardlands, half-yawn, half-year, half-yearly, half-yearly interest, half-years, half-year's, half-young-woman, half-zip.

Ending with "half": centre-half, eight-and-a-half, first-half, five-and-a-half, fly-half, four-and-a-half, hour-and-a-half, left-half, mile-and-a-half, nine-and-a-half, one-and-a-half, one-half, out-half, outside-half, right-half, scrum-half, second-half, seven-and-a-half, six-and-a-half, split-half, three-and-a-half, two-and-a-half, wing-half, year-and-a-half.

Containing "half": three-and-a-half-year, two-and-a-half-hour.

Afrikaans

halfsuster (half-sister), halfbroer (half-brother). (various references)

Albanian

gjysmë (moiety, sole). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فصل الدراسى, ‏نصفيا, ‏نصف ساعة, ‏نصف (bisect, bisection, halve, one half, semi), ‏جزئيا (parcel, part, part time, part way, partially, partly, slightly), ‏ظهير مساعد, ‏شطريا. (various references)

Asturian

mediu. (various references)

Aymara

chica. (various references)

Basque

erdia, erdi. (various references)

Bemba

pakati. (various references)

Blackfoot

waanao'k. (various references)

Breton

hanter. (various references)

Bulgarian 

срок (quarter, session, term), страна (aspect, cheek, country, dimension, doorpost, face, flank, hand, land, market, part, party, realm, region, side), семестър (half year, quarter, semester, session, term), отчасти (in part, parcel, part, partially, partly), наполовина (fifty fifty, part), почти (about, almost, approximately, like, near, nearly, next to, nigh, on, practically, say, something like, virtually, well nigh), полувреме (half time), полузащитник (half back, inside, midfield), полу, половинка (better half), половина (moiety), половин, доста (considerably, distinctly, great deal, nice and, pretty, quite, rather, reasonably, some, somewhat, tolerably, well), донякъде (sort of, sub-). (various references)

Catalan

mitja, mig. (various references)

Cebuano

tunga. (various references)

Chamorro

lamitá. (various references)

Chinese 

半 (aim, ample, and a half, extensive, incomplete, obtain, plentiful, rich, semi-, to gamble, to get, to win). (various references)

Cornish

hanter. (various references)

Croatian

pola, pol, po. (various references)

Czech

polovina (end, mid, moiety), pùl (hemi-). (various references)

Danish

halvdel. (various references)

Dutch

half, helft (half carcase, half-carcase, side). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

chaupi. (various references)

Esperanto

duono. (various references)

Estonian

poolt, pool. (various references)

Faeroese

helvt. (various references)

Farsi 

نیمی , نیم , نصفه , ناقص (Halfbaked, Imperfect, Incomplete, Incorrect, Malformed, Mutilate, Rudimentary, Sketchy, Skimpy, Unperfect, Violator), سو (Side), طرف (Avuncular, End, Face, Hand, Opponent, Party, Side), شریک (Associate, Complier, Consort, Copartner, Joint, Pal, Participant, Partner, Sharer, Yokefellow), بطورناقص (Ill). (various references)

Finnish

puolikas (en, en space, half carcase, half-carcase, side), puoli (neighbourhood, part, party, side). (various references)

French

demi (a half), moitié (half carcase, half-carcase). (various references)

French Canadian

demie. (various references)

Frisian

heal. (various references)

Galician

media. (various references)

German

halb (almost, halfway, nearly, part time, partial), Hälfte (middle, moiety, one half). (various references)

Greek 

ήμισυ (moiety). (various references)

Guarani

media. (various references)

Haitian Creole

mwatye. (various references)

Hebrew 

חצי (middle, moiety). (various references)

Hungarian

fél (be afraid, have cold feet, party, party to a dispute, party to a suit, to apprehend, to be frightened, to be in a fright, to be in bodily fear of sy, to dread oneself, to feel frightened, to get cold feet, to squib), félig (parcel, semi-). (various references)

Icelandic

hálfur, hálf. (various references)

Indonesian

setengah, seperdua, separuh (part), semi (semi), belah (crack, cun in half, slit). (various references)

Inuktitut

nappaq. (various references)

Irish

leathuair (half hour). (various references)

Italian

mezzo (average, center, centre, equipment, instrumentality, mean, means, medium, mid, middle, midst, semi, the middle, vehicle), metà (centre, middle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

半ば (halfway, middle, partly, semi). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ハーフ (someone of mixed Japanese-foreign race), なかば (halfway, middle, partly, semi), ふたつわり (cutting in two), せっぱん (division, entertain), ごぶ (50%, evenness, tie), はんがく (half amount, half fare, school for samurai children), はんぶん, はんめん (half the face, on the other hand, one side, the contrary, the other side, the reverse), はん (antagonism, anti-, antithesis, domain, edition, example, fiefdom, group, judgment, mediocrity, model, monogram signature, opposite, pan-, party, seal, section, stamp, trouble), ちゅうぶん. (various references)

Kongo

ndambu. (various references)

Korean 

절반. (various references)

Luganda

n'ekitundu (and a half). (various references)

Luxembourgish

halwer. (various references)

Macedonian

polovina. (various references)

Malagasy

sasany. (various references)

Manx

liehid, lieh (behalf, makeshift, moiety, one of two things, part). (various references)

Maori

haawhe-tia. (various references)

Maya

taankuch. (various references)

Norwegian

halv. (various references)

Occitan

mitat. (various references)

Papago

eda hugkam. (various references)

Papiamen

mitar, mitá. (various references)

Pig Latin

alfhay.(various references)

Polish

połowa. (various references)

Portuguese

meio (average, center, centre, device, entourage, environment, expedient, handle, intermedium, mean, means, medium, middle, midst, navel, organ, remedy, resource, resources, surroundings, vehicle, wherewith), metade (average, mean, moiety). (various references)

Provencal

mitat. (various references)

Romanian

jumãtate (a half, halfness, moiety, rib). (various references)

Romansch

mez. (various references)

Romany

ekvàsh. (various references)

Ruanda

igice. (various references)

Russian 

половина (halves, moiety, one-half). (various references)

Samoan

afa (storm). (various references)

Scottish

leth (a hundred and a, one of two : ceud gu leth). (various references)

Sepedi

seripagare. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

polu (demy, hemi-, semi), polovina (middle, moiety, one half), pola (moiety), napola. (various references)

Sicilian

menzu. (various references)

Slovene

pol. (various references)

Spanish

medio (agent, average, extent, habitat, halfback, lift, line, mean, means, medial, medium, mesial, mid, middle, midst, milieu, recipe, remedy, resources, tack, the middle, tool, way). (various references)

Sranan

afu. (various references)

Swahili

nusu. (various references)

Swedish

halv, hälft (moiety). (various references)

Tagalog

kalahating, kalahatì. (various references)

Tahitian

'‘fa. (various references)

Thai

ผู้เล่นกองหลัง (กีฬา) (halfback), ที่เป็นครึ่งหนึ่ง, ครึ่งหนึ่ง. (various references)

Turkish

buçuk. (various references)

Turkmen 

pol (r) (floor, sex), яarym, яary, яarty, яarpy. (various references)

Ukrainian

семестр (half year, semester, term), частина (Cantle, dividend, part, portion, proportion, quantum, quotient, section, segment, share, side, snick, strand), неповний (defective, imperfect, incomplete, short), наполовину, майже (about, all but, almost, anear, approximately, as good as, but, hard upon, just about, much, near, nearby, nearly, next door to, next to, nigh, nighly, practically, quasi, quite, well nigh, within), половинний, половина (moiety). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hết sức (all-fired, blooming, deadly, dogged, enourmously, extremely, fault, frightfuly, grossly, halves, handle, highly, howling, hugely, immortally, jolly, mightily, mighty, out, precious, profound, sorely, thoroughly, thundering, unco), vô cùng (ad infinitum, almighty, consumedly, day, deeply, dreadfully, extremely, frightfuly, halves, most, parlous, passing, plaguy, precious, preciously, rank, termless, thundering, utmost, uttermost), phần nửa được (halves), nửa bắt đầu tốt là xong một nửa công việc (halves), nửa (halves), làm (halves), kha khá (fairish, goodish, halves, middlings, tol-lol, tol-lolish), dơ dở (halves). (various references)

Welsh

hanner. (various references)

Wolof

genn-wàll. (various references)

Xhosa

ngecalaemva (Half past), ngecala (At half, Half past), licalaemva (Half past). (various references)

Yucatec

chumuk (average, centre, mean, middle). (various references)

Zulu

uhafu, ingxenye yesibili. (various references)

ba, ki�i. (various references)

dimidia, dimidiae, dimidiam, dimidiaque, dimidii, dimidiique, dimidio, dimidium, medietas, semi-, semis, semissem. (various references)

aredhem, maidhya, naêmaêibyô. (various references)

healf. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "half": halfback, halfbacks, halfbeak, halfbeaks, halfhearted, halfheartedly, halfheartedness, halfheartednesses, halflife, halflives, halfness, halfnesses, halfpence, halfpennies, halfpenny, halftime, halftimes, halftone, halftones, halfway. (additional references)

Words ending with "half": behalf. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Half" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ahalf, Ahf, ahl, alf, Chaleff, dalf, Falf, Haala, hafa, haif, hailf, hal, hala, halb, halc, Halfie, halfofa, halfs, halfy, halp, Halu, halv, haly, hanf, Hanff, harf, Harff, hasf, Hatliff, hauf, havly, hawf, healf, heif, heiff, Helaf, helf, helg, hilf, hlr, holc, Hwal, Jhal, Khalefa, khalif, nalf, Oalf, rhkaaf, Vhaf. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ah, al, fa, ha, la.

+1 letter: flash.

+2 letters: behalf, fellah, flashy, fulham, hatful, khalif, loofah.

+3 letters: ashfall, bashful, fellahs, flashed, flasher, flashes, fulhams, halfway, handful, harmful, hateful, hatfuls, hatsful, hayloft, khalifa, khalifs, loofahs, shadfly.

+4 letters: ashfalls, catchfly, coalfish, dealfish, deathful, fahlband, faithful, falchion, fallfish, fanlight, fatherly, fellahin, firehall, fishable, fishmeal, fishtail, flagship, flashers, flashgun, flashier, flashily, flashing, flatfish, flathead, flattish, flatwash, ghastful, halfback, halfbeak, halflife, halfness, halftime, halftone, handfuls, handsful, hasteful, hayfield, haylofts, holdfast, khalifas, ladyfish, loathful, oafishly, parflesh, sailfish, selfheal, shameful, shinleaf, thankful, unflashy, watchful, wrathful.