half

half has 12 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• a.. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
• a.. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
• adv.. 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.
• a.. Part; side; behalf.
• a.. 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.
• v. t.. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
• n.. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"
• n.. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
• a.. consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
• a.. (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"
• a.. partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
• adv.. partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"