halve

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To reduce to half the original amount.
2. verb To divide into two halves.
3. verb To make up half of.
4. verb To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. verb In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

Similar words

lengthwise divide split reducing reduce go halves part tertiate mediate take one's half out of the middle

Often followed by

the it and them maen or their its this

Word family

halved halves halving