IN HALF

Definition: IN HALF

IN HALF

1. In two; an expression sometimes used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. [Colloq.] --Dickens.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: IN HALF

I could blow you in half and you know it. (Natural Born Killers; writing credit: David Veloz)

Well, at least he didn't saw them in half. (Digimon: Digital Monsters; writing credit: Dayna Barron)

Ten minutes of this rain will do more good in half an hour than a fortnight of ordinary rain would do in a month (Wide-Eyed and Legless; writing credit: Deric Longden; Jack Rosenthal)

If it splits in half, there'll be two (Excel Saga; writing credit: Hideyuki Kurata; Yôsuke Kuroda)

Knoxville knocked my nuts in half! (Jackass: The Movie; writing credit: Jeff Tremaine; Spike Jonze)

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

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

The Man in Half Moon Street (1944)

Sawing a Lady in Half (1922)

Around the World in Half an Hour (1917)

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

Books

• Developing Products in Half the Time: New Rules, New Tools, 2nd Edition (reference)

• Gardens That Care for Themselves: How to Grow Neater, Healthier Plants and Cut Your Outdoor Chores in Half (reference)

• Stop Depression Now: Sam-E: The Breakthrough Supplement That Works As Well As Prescription Drugs, in Half the Time...With No Side Effects (reference)

  (more book examples)

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).

(3) color slides show a whole kiwi sitting next to a kiwi split in half. Credit: Renee Comet (photographer).

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

Pump, oilcan cut in half used as trough, Nashville, Brown County, Indiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

In half a minute they were together

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.

In half an hour we set fire to the camp

I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The French Government still holds a skate in half the company. (references)

Economic growth rebounded to 10.7% after falling to a negative 5.8% in 1998. Inflation was under control at about one percent and unemployment levels were cut in half from its peak during the economic crisis. (references)

Economic History

Equatorial Guinea

The Rio Benito (Mbini) which it divides Rio Muni in half, is unnavigable except for a 20-kilometer stretch at its estuary. (references)

Guinea

Since the beginning of the reform programs, both the number of public enterprises and the civil service payroll have been cut in half. (references)

Ukraine

It is anticipated that the implementation of the new equipment and advanced technologies would cut the plant's fuel consumption in half. (references)

Political Economy

Slovak Republic

According to the law, in July 2000, social benefits of those unemployed over 2 years were cut in half. (references)

China

The number of ministries and commissions was reduced from 40 to 29, and by the end of the year the number of central government civil servants had been cut approximately in half. (references)

Political Rights

Sweden

The governing Social Democratic Party largely kept its pledge to place women in half of all political appointments at all levels. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

In 1998 the number of importers given convertibility quotas was cut by one third, and the remaining two-thirds saw their quotas slashed in half. (references)

Bolivia

Samples and advertising materials are usually subject to regular duty rates, except those articles specifically prepared as samples -- for example, shoes cut in half, small patches of fabric and pharmaceutical products and liquors contained in small bottles clearly marked "free sample" ("muestra gratuita"). (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.

Expressions using "IN HALF": cut in half ♦ in half a shake ♦ tear in half. Additional references.

Finnish

kahtia (in two). (various references)

French

par moitié. (various references)

German

entzwei (asunder, in two). (various references)

Greek 

στο πι και φι (in half a shake). (various references)

Hungarian

ketté (asunder, in twain), két részre. (various references)

Indonesian

belah (crack, cun in half, half, slit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

真二つに (right in half), 真っ二つに (right in half), 半裁 (cutting in half or two), 半開き (in half bloom, partly open), 切り紙 (cut paper, paper cut in half, paper scrap, the art of cutting paper). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きりがみ (bobbed hair, cut paper, paper cut in half, paper scrap, the art of cutting paper), きりかみ (cut paper, paper cut in half, paper scrap, the art of cutting paper), まふたつに (right in half), まっぷたつに (right in half), はんびらき (in half bloom, partly open), はんさい (cutting in half or two). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay alfhay.(various references)

Swedish

itu (in two). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: final.

-2 letters: alif, anil, fail, fain, fila, flan, hail, half, hila, lain, naif, nail.

-3 letters: ail, ain, ani, fan, fil, fin, hin, lin, nah, nil.

-4 letters: ah, ai, al, an, fa, ha, hi, if, in, la, li, na.

+2 letters: falchion, fanlight, fellahin, flashing, shinleaf.

+3 letters: angelfish, falchions, fanlights, flashings, hifalutin, nightfall, shinleafs.

+4 letters: anglerfish, candlefish, flashiness, nightfalls, unfaithful.

+5 letters: angelfishes, cliffhanger, farthingale, fashionable, fashionably, fishtailing, halfpennies, highfalutin, lifemanship.