half
/ˈhæf/ verb C2- To halve.
He/she/it halves · Past halved · Past participle halved · -ing form halving
Verb forms
- Base form
- half
- He/she/it
- halves
- Past
- halved
- Past participle
- halved
- -ing form
- halving
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Still, marquise, it has been so with other usurpers—Cromwell, for instance, who was not half so bad as Napoleon, had his partisans and advocates.”
“I was passing close to the door of the captain’s cabin, which was half open, and I saw him give the packet and letter to Dantès.”
Scarcely was the captain’s breath out of his body when he assumed the command without consulting anyone, and he caused us to lose a day and a half at the Island of Elba, instead of making for Marseilles direct.”
“As to taking command of the vessel,” replied Morrel, “that was his duty as captain’s mate; as to losing a day and a half off the Island of Elba, he was wrong, unless the vessel needed repairs.”
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