plural of halving

present participle of halve

(mathematics) The process or instance of dividing in half.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halve

plural of half

(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount. / (transitive) To divide into two halves. / (transitive) To make up half of.

Divided into halves. / (botany) Appearing as if one side were cut away.

simple past tense and past participle of halve

(idiomatic) Partially, incompletely; inadequately, halfheartedly, shoddily.

A darts game in which competitors try to hit certain targets on a dartboard, and lose half of their accumulated score if they fail to do so.