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# halve

verb (halve, halves, halved, halving)

«halve» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To halve something is to cut or divide it into two equal parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#m1)
2. To halve an amount is to make it half as big. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#m2)
3. Halved means made half as big, or cut into halves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#m3)

### In the lessons

An operation: divide by 2. In cooking: halve a recipe, halve an apple. In everyday life: halve the cost with a friend. In science: halve the water and see what happens. Phrases: «halve it», «cut in half», «halved the price».

### Examples

- Halve the 12 apples between two boys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x1)
- The price was halved to 20 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x2)
- She halves the recipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x3)
- If you halve 50, you get 25. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x4)
- Mum halved the sandwich for me and my sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x5)
- Halve the oranges and squeeze out the juice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x6)
- Walking to school halved the time I spend in traffic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x7)
- If we share the bill, we halve the cost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/#x8)

### Note

Halve means ÷ 2. Trap: «halved to 20» gives the new amount, so the old amount was 40; «halved by» is unusual and still means ÷ 2. Spelling: halve is the verb, half is the noun; «halves» is both the verb form (she halves) and the plural of half (two halves). Say «hahv» — the l is silent.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «halve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/halve/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«halve» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/halve.html) on Mova free.