{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "hæf" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/half.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/half.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "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.\n\n\nCognates:\n\nAkin to Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Dutch half, West Frisian heal, German halb, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.\nI ate the slightly smaller half of the apple.\nYou don’t know the half of it.\nOf the passengers on the plane, half were English.\nThe cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.\n1634 October 9 (first performance), , H Lawes, editor, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634:  , London: for Hvmphrey Robinson, , published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus:  (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:Not half his riches known, and yet despised.\n1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Gardener’s Daughter; or, The Pictures”, in Poems. , volume II, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, page 19:I and he, / Brothers in Art; a friendship so complete / Portion'd in halves between us," }, { "mean": "(sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.\n2011 September 16, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan”, in BBC Sport‎:However, the hosts hit back and hit back hard, first replacement hooker Andrew Hore sliding over, then Williams careering out of his own half and leaving several defenders for dead before flipping the ball to Nonu to finish off a scintillating move." }, { "mean": "Half of a standard measure, chiefly: (Britain) half a pint of beer or cider.\n1968, John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, page 11,\nHe came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.\n1974, James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press,, →ISBN:I accepted a half of bitter from him.\n2006, Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, →ISBN, page 168:I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... \"Not brandy,\" she replied, \"but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager.\"" }, { "mean": "(preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.\nSynonym: ½\nThree-quarters minus a quarter is a half." }, { "mean": "Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer." }, { "mean": "(slang) A half sibling.\n2016, Robert M. Herzog, A World Between:So for Richard and Barbara, Jeff and Kari, the impossibly varied collection of steps and halves that is another legacy of my father." }, { "mean": "(UK, archaic) A child ticket." }, { "mean": "(sports) abbreviated form for half marathon." }, { "mean": "(numismatic slang) Clipping of half-dollar.\n2002 August 15, Fred A. Murphy, “FA: Last of the Walkers”, in rec.collecting.coins, Usenet‎, retrieved 2023-01-03:Tonight, we're offering the last of the Walking Liberty Halves for awhile:" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Consisting of a half (½, 50%).\nSynonyms: semi-, hemi-, demi-\na half kilo\na half hour\na half dollar" }, { "mean": "Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.\na half truth\n1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC:\nAssumed from thence a half-consent." }, { "mean": "(of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.\nA half brother or half sister" }, { "mean": "(of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.\nA half uncle or half aunt or half cousin" } ] }, { "name": "Adverb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "In two equal parts or to an equal degree." }, { "mean": "In some part approximating a half." }, { "mean": "Partially; imperfectly.\nhalf-colored\nhalf done\nhalf persuaded\nhalf conscious\nHe does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.\n1690, Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: , London: Jo. Hindmarsh, , →OCLC, (please specify the page number):\nHalf loth and half consenting.\n1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Nehemiah 13:24:\nTheir children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod." }, { "mean": "Practically, nearly.\nc. 1587–1588, , Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , part 1, 2nd edition, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:To be a King, is halfe to bee a God." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To halve.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:bisect" } ] }, { "name": "Preposition", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(UK, Ireland) Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.\nSynonym: (North America, Australia) half past\nThe time is 9:30; it is half nine." }, { "mean": "(Discuss(+) this sense) (rare, see usage notes) A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.\nIn some countries, \"half seven\" means 6:30." } ] }, { "name": "Interjection", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(theater) A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes." } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "부사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "전치사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "인터젝션", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }