- half - consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour"
Antonym: whole (indirect, via fractional)
- half - partial; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job"
Antonym: complete (indirect, via incomplete)
- half - (of siblings) related through one parent only; "a half brother"; "half sister"
Antonym: whole
- half - partially or to the extent of a half; "he was half hidden by the bushes"
Derived from adjective half(prenominal)1
- one-half, half - one of two equal parts of a divisible whole; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half"
--1 is a kind of common fraction, simple fraction
--1 has particulars: fifty percent; moiety, mediety - half - in various games or performances: either of two periods of play separated by an interval
--2 is a kind of playing period, period of play, play
--2 is a part of
--2 has particulars: first half; second half, last halffootball, football game; basketball, basketball game, hoops