Half

Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.

In an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.

Part; side; behalf.

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.

To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.

one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

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