From <span class="searchmatch">half</span>- + <span class="searchmatch">read</span>. (General American) IPA(key): /hæfˈɹɛd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːfˈɹɛd/ <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> (not comparable) Partly <span class="searchmatch">read</span>. I put...
half-naked <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-open <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-pint <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-pipe <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-price <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-ray <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-rep <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-royal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-sib <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-sibling <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-sibling-in-law <span class="searchmatch">half</span> sister halfsleep...
book-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> cold <span class="searchmatch">read</span> dictated but not <span class="searchmatch">read</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> hate-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> have one's head <span class="searchmatch">read</span> leave someone on <span class="searchmatch">read</span> lip <span class="searchmatch">read</span>/lip-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> mind-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> misread must-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> overread...
<span class="searchmatch">half</span> polluted <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-port <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-pounder <span class="searchmatch">half</span> price <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-price <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-rate <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-ray <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-reaction <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-<span class="searchmatch">read</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-relaxation time <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-relief <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-rep <span class="searchmatch">half</span> rest...
"Pestilential nonsense!" "Have you <span class="searchmatch">read</span> it up at all, Father?" asked Enid. "<span class="searchmatch">Read</span> it up! I, with all my interests and no time for one-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> of them! Enid, you are too...
toothed, <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-embracing the stem. (transitive) To adopt in an ambivalent or partial manner. 2010, Benjamin Wiker, 10 Books Every Conservative Must <span class="searchmatch">Read</span>: Plus...
up the 'Christian Scientist' book and <span class="searchmatch">read</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span> of it, then took a dipperful of drench and <span class="searchmatch">read</span> the other <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. The resulting experiences were full of...
an‧der‧half anderhalf one and a <span class="searchmatch">half</span> Hij had anderhalf uur nodig om het boek te lezen. He needed one and a <span class="searchmatch">half</span> hours to <span class="searchmatch">read</span> the book. Ze aten anderhalf...
hearty, heartful; unhearty, heartless Near-synonym: <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-assed He made a halfhearted attempt to <span class="searchmatch">read</span> the chapter before giving up and dozing off. 2012 May...
this text is questionable: <span class="searchmatch">half</span> the people asked said it was almost illegible, but the other <span class="searchmatch">half</span> said it was easy to <span class="searchmatch">read</span>. 1922, Lucien Alphonse Legros...