halve

verbA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

halves

V_ing/Gerund

halving

V_ed/pp

halved

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

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Đồng nghĩa

dichotomizedimidiate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

a problem shared is a problem halveda sorrow shared is a sorrow halveda trouble shared is a trouble halvedcross-halving jointhalvablehalve it

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (to halve, divide in two), from *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (to halve), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (half).