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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a problem shared is a problem halved"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "a trouble shared is a trouble halved"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cross-halving joint"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "halve it"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "halven"
},
"expansion": "Middle English halven",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "helven"
},
"expansion": "helven",
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"2": "ang",
"3": "hilfan"
},
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},
{
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"2": "helfan"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "*hielfan",
"t": "to halve, divide in two"
},
"expansion": "*hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”)",
"name": "m"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*halbijan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *halbijan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*halbijaną",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*halbaz",
"t": "half"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "halven",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "halben"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German halben",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "helben",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "helben (“to halve”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "helte",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian helte (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "halveren",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Dutch halveren (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "halberen",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "German Low German halberen (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "halbieren",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "German halbieren (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "halvere",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Danish halvere (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "halvera",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Swedish halvera (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”).\nCognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "halves",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halving",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "halved",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "halved",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1960 December, “Talking of Trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708",
"text": "These show that since 1946 the fatality rate in train and movement accidents combined has been halved, [...].",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce to half the original amount."
],
"id": "en-halve-en-verb-dnUF4JXV",
"links": [
[
"half",
"half"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam napolovina",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "намалявам наполовина"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halveren"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "puolittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "anaxevrebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ანახევრებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxevrad šeamcirebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ნახევრად შეამცირებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxevrad amcirebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ნახევრად ამცირებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halbieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "elfelez"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "dimezzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneuro julda",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "반으로 줄다"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "hielfan"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ napolovínu",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ть наполови́ну"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹ napolovínu",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ть наполови́ну"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "demediar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "dimidiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "reducir a la mitad"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halvera"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "tunga"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "yarılamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 4 10 6 6",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "haneru"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To divide into two halves."
],
"id": "en-halve-en-verb-en:divide",
"links": [
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"divide",
"divide"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To divide into two halves."
],
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"en:divide"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "2 89 3 4 2",
"sense": "to divide into two halves",
"word": "dichotomize"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1855, Matthew Arnold, Faded Leaves",
"text": "So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make up half of."
],
"id": "en-halve-en-verb-PeSBomev",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make up half of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Architecture",
"orig": "en:Architecture",
"parents": [
"Applied sciences",
"Art",
"Sciences",
"Culture",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
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"glosses": [
"To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together."
],
"id": "en-halve-en-verb-PF~YIyxC",
"links": [
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"architecture",
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],
[
"join",
"join"
],
[
"timber",
"timber"
],
[
"thickness",
"thickness"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
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},
{
"categories": [
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Golf",
"orig": "en:Golf",
"parents": [
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major",
"text": "I, of course, had no difficulty in doing likewise, and we halved the hole; but the awkward fact remained that I must now gain every hole to win the match, for my opponent's score was \"nine up,\" and there only remained ten holes to play.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Bill Elliott, The Golf Bag Buddy: The Essential On-Course Reference, page 67",
"text": "All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on."
],
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"golf",
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"match play"
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"tie",
"tie"
],
[
"draw",
"draw"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/hɑːv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːv"
},
{
"ipa": "/hæv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "have (stressed)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æv"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "häv",
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},
{
"enpr": "hăv",
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dimidiate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bisect"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpolovjavam",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "разполовявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "půlit"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "rozpůlit"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halveren"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "puolittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "panna puoliksi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "diviser en deux"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "anaxevrebs",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "ანახევრებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šuaze hq̇ops",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "შუაზე ჰყოფს"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šuaze q̇ops",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "შუაზე ყოფს"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halbieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "hälften"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "zweiteilen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khatsá",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "חָצָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "felez"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "kettéoszt"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "félbevág"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimezzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ideungbunhada",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "이등분하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "mediō"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimidiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dalinti pusiau"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "halvern"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "tweibreken"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "tobreken"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "hielfan"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "twidǣlan"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "połowić"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "cortar ao meio"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "delítʹ popolám",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дели́ть попола́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdelítʹ popolám",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "раздели́ть попола́м"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "popoliviti"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimidiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "demediar"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "partir por la mitades"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dividir en mitades"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halvera"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "ikiye bölmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "yarıya bölmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 37 9 15 30",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "haneru"
}
],
"word": "halve"
}
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"English terms with audio links",
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"Rhymes:English/æv",
"Rhymes:English/æv/1 syllable",
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{
"word": "a problem shared is a problem halved"
},
{
"word": "a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved"
},
{
"word": "a trouble shared is a trouble halved"
},
{
"word": "cross-halving joint"
},
{
"word": "halve it"
}
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{
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{
"args": {
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
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"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "helte",
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "halveren",
"t": "to halve"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "halberen",
"t": "to halve"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "halbieren",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "German halbieren (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "halvere",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Danish halvere (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "halvera",
"t": "to halve"
},
"expansion": "Swedish halvera (“to halve”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"form": "halves",
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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "halving",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "halved",
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"past"
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{
"form": "halved",
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"English transitive verbs"
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"ref": "1960 December, “Talking of Trains: B.R. safety in 1959”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708",
"text": "These show that since 1946 the fatality rate in train and movement accidents combined has been halved, [...].",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"To reduce to half the original amount."
],
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[
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To divide into two halves."
],
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[
"divide",
"divide"
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],
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"(transitive) To divide into two halves."
],
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"transitive"
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1855, Matthew Arnold, Faded Leaves",
"text": "So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make up half of."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make up half of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"en:Architecture"
],
"glosses": [
"To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together."
],
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[
"architecture",
"architecture"
],
[
"join",
"join"
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[
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[
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"thickness"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
},
{
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"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Golf"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1902, Robert Marshall Grade, The Haunted Major",
"text": "I, of course, had no difficulty in doing likewise, and we halved the hole; but the awkward fact remained that I must now gain every hole to win the match, for my opponent's score was \"nine up,\" and there only remained ten holes to play.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, Bill Elliott, The Golf Bag Buddy: The Essential On-Course Reference, page 67",
"text": "All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on."
],
"links": [
[
"golf",
"golf"
],
[
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"match play"
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[
"tie",
"tie"
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[
"draw",
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"golf",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɑːv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑːv"
},
{
"ipa": "/hæv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophone": "have (stressed)"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æv"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "häv",
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},
{
"enpr": "hăv",
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"US"
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{
"sense": "to divide into two halves",
"word": "dichotomize"
},
{
"word": "dimidiate"
},
{
"word": "bisect"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "namaljavam napolovina",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "намалявам наполовина"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halveren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "puolittaa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "anaxevrebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ანახევრებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxevrad šeamcirebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ნახევრად შეამცირებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naxevrad amcirebs",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "ნახევრად ამცირებს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halbieren"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "elfelez"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "dimezzare"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "baneuro julda",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "반으로 줄다"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "hielfan"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ napolovínu",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ть наполови́ну"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹ napolovínu",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ть наполови́ну"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "demediar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "dimidiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "reducir a la mitad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "halvera"
},
{
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "tunga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "yarılamak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to reduce to half of original",
"word": "haneru"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razpolovjavam",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "разполовявам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "půlit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "rozpůlit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halveren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "puolittaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "panna puoliksi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "diviser en deux"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "anaxevrebs",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "ანახევრებს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šuaze hq̇ops",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "შუაზე ჰყოფს"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šuaze q̇ops",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "შუაზე ყოფს"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halbieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "hälften"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "zweiteilen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khatsá",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "חָצָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "felez"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "kettéoszt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "félbevág"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimezzare"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ideungbunhada",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "이등분하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "mediō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimidiō"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dalinti pusiau"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "halvern"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "tweibreken"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "tobreken"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "hielfan"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "twidǣlan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "połowić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "mear"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "cortar ao meio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "delítʹ popolám",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дели́ть попола́м"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdelítʹ popolám",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "раздели́ть попола́м"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "popoliviti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dimidiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "demediar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "partir por la mitades"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "dividir en mitades"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "halvera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "ikiye bölmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "yarıya bölmek"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to divide in two equal parts",
"word": "haneru"
}
],
"word": "halve"
}
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