Crossword clues for halving
halving
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Halve \Halve\ (h[aum]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Halved (h[aum]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Halving.] [From Half.]
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To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of.
So far apart their lives are thrown From the twin soul that halves their own.
--M. Arnold. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same number of strokes as an opponent.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of halve English)
Usage examples of "halving".
He had heard of cursed swords, and passing the curse along to someone else only made sense, even though Andros insisted on halving what he would have paid for their catch in payment for taking it and its curse away.
Catching a long fly ball with the edge of your blade, neatly halving it like a grapefruit, is not an insignificant feat.
He sat up and then jumped up, his gaze a torchlike sweep of the terrain halving the armoire, the dresser, cutting a path with silver Light.