half

half is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, adverb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
2. adjective. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
3. adverb. 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.
4. adjective. Part; side; behalf.
5. adjective. 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.
6. transitive verb. To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
7. noun. one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

   "half a loaf"

   "half an hour"

8. noun. one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval
9. adjective. consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

   "a half chicken"

   "lasted a half hour"

10. adjective. (of siblings) related through one parent only

    "a half brother"

    "half sister"

11. adjective. partial

    "gave me a half smile"

    "he did only a half job"

12. adverb. partially or to the extent of a half

    "he was half hidden by the bushes"

Common word forms

halfen, halfer, halfly, halfness

Words from these letters

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