half

Etymology From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Derived terms

376 terms

all over hell's half acre, at half-sword, automatic half-barrier level crossing, baker's half dozen, by half, centre-half, centre half, cheap at half the price, cut the baby in half, do by half-measures, dummy half, first half, four-half, glass-half-empty, glass-half-full, go half and half, go off half-cocked, half a century, half-a-crown, half adder, half-a-dozen, half a dozen, half again, half a loaf is better than no bread, half a loaf is better than no loaf, halfalogue, half a mile, half a mind, half a mo, half-and-half, half an eye, half-angel, half-an-hour, half an hour, half-ape, half-arse, half-asleep, half ass, half-ass, half-assed, half-assedly, half-assery, half-awake, half back, halfback, half-back, half baked, half-baked, half-bakedness, half-ball, half-baptism, half-barrier, half-bat, half-bath, half bath, half bathroom, halfbeak, half bent, half binding, half birthday, half-birthday, half blood, half-blood, half-blooded, half blue, half board, half boarder, half-boiled, half-boot, half-bound, half-brained, half-breadth plan, half-break, half-bred, half-breed, half-broken, half brother, half-brother, half brother-in-law, half-built, half bull, half butt, half cadence, half-caf, half cap, half-caste, half-cell, half cell, half cent, half-century, half-chair, half-chance, half-clammed, halfcock, half cock, half cocked, half-cocked, half-colonel, half columnar, half court, half-court, halfcourt, half-court line, half-court violation, half-cousin, half-cracked, half-crown, half-cut, half cut, half day, half dead, half-dead, half-deal, half-decent, half-decked, half-demon, half dime, half-diminished seventh chord, half-dollar, half-door, half-dozen, half dozen, half duplex, half-duplex, half eagle, half-eaten, half-edge, half-elf, half-elven, half-embrace, half empty, half-equation, halfer, half-evergreen, half-expect, half-faced, half fare, half-finished, half-first cousin, half foot, half forward, half-frame, half-free, half-fuck, halfful, half full, half gip, half-gip, half glove, half-god, half-graben, half gross, half-grown, half-gyp, half gyp, half-half, half-halt, half-hardy, halfhearted, half-heartedly, half-heartedness, half hitch, half-hitch, half-holiday, half hose, half hour, half-hourlong, half-hourly, half-human, half-hunter, half-identical, halfie, half-inch, half inch, half-integer, half-integral, half in the bag, half-island, half-jacket, half-Jew, half joe, half-joke, half joke, half-jokingly, half-kirtle, half-landing, half-length, half-life, halflife, half-light, half-line, halfling, half lit, half-long, half-long vowel, half-marathon, half-marathoner, half-marrow, half-mask, half-mast, half mast, half measure, half-measure, halfmer, half-metal, half-metallic, half-metallicity, half-mile, halfmonth, half-monthly, half moon, half-moon, half-mourning, half murder, half-naked, half-natural, half nelson, half nephew, half-nephew, halfness, half niece, half-niece, half-night stand, half-noble, half note, half-one, half-op, half-open, half-open file, half-open interval, half-orc, half orphan, half-orphan, halfpace, half page, half-pant, half-pass, half-past-six, half pay, half-pie, halfpike, half-pike, half-pint, half pipe, half-pipe, halfplanar, half-plane, half-plate, half polluted, half-port, half-pounder, half price, half-price, half-rate, half-ray, half-reaction, half-read, half-relaxation time, half-relief, half-rep, half rest, half rhyme, Halfrican, halfro, half-rocked, half-round, half round, half-royal, half seas over, half-seen, half shaft, half shell, half shift, half-shower, half-sib, half sib, half-sibling, half-sibling-in-law, half-sider, halfsie, halfsies, half-sighted, half-silvered mirror, half sister, half-sister, half sister-in-law, half slip, half-smile, half smile, half sovereign, half space, halfspace, half stack, half staff, half-staff, half-standard, half step, half-step, half-strained, half-suit, half-swastika, half-term, half term, half the battle, half the story, half tide, half-tide, half-timber, half-timbering, half-time, half time, half-timer, half tint, half-tint, half-title, half title, half-tone, half tone, half-track, half-tracked, half-tracker, half-truth, half truth, half-turn, half-uncle, half undern, half-unicorn, half-up half-down, half-value thickness, half viaduct, half-virgin, half-volley, half volley, half-waking, halfwave, half-waxen, half-wheel, half-width, halfwidth, half-wild, half-Windsor, half-wit, half-witch, half-witted, half-wittedly, half-wizard, halfword, half year, half-year, half-yearly, half-zip, jury of half-tongue, knowing is half the battle, like one o'clock half struck, listen with half an ear, maternal half aunt, maternal half-uncle, one and a half, one-and-a-half-spaced, one half, one-half, on the half hour, open half space, paternal half aunt, paternal half-uncle, rear admiral lower half, saw the baby in half, second-half, the glass half-empty, the glass half-full, with half an eye, shared sorrow is half sorrow, show half ball, the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long, well begun is half done, you can't be half pregnant

Etymology From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Synonyms

halfly

Derived terms

a danger foreseen is half avoided, a fault confessed is half redressed, half-arsed, half-filled, half-forgotten, half-full, half-hearted, half-timbered, half to death

Related terms

not half

Etymology From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Etymology From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Etymology From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.