Definitions for the word "half" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. a.
Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Part; side; behalf.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
(pl. Halves) 1 either of two (esp. Equal) parts into which a thing is divided. 2 colloq. Half a pint, esp. Of beer. 3 sport either of two equal periods of play. 4 colloq. Half-price fare or ticket, esp. For a child. 5 colloq. = *half-back. adj. 1 amounting to half (half the men). 2 forming a half (a half share). adv. 1 (often in comb.) To the extent of half; partly (half cooked). 2 to some extent (esp. In idiomatic phrases: half dead; am half convinced). 3 (in reckoning time) by the amount of half (an hour etc.) (half past two). at half cock see *cock1. By half (prec. By too + adj.) Excessively (too clever by half). By halves imperfectly or incompletely (does nothing by halves). Half a mind see *mind. Half the time see *time. Not half 1 slang extremely, violently (he didn''t half swear). 2 not nearly (not half long enough). 3 colloq. Not at all (not half bad). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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