<span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span> (set phrase) Into two halves. I broke the brank <span class="searchmatch">in</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 29, <span class="searchmatch">in</span> The Life and Adventures of...
<span class="searchmatch">half</span> <span class="searchmatch">in</span> one's <span class="searchmatch">half</span> know the <span class="searchmatch">half</span> of left-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> not <span class="searchmatch">half</span> not <span class="searchmatch">half</span> bad one and a <span class="searchmatch">half</span> syndrome other <span class="searchmatch">half</span> right-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> scrum-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> scrum <span class="searchmatch">half</span> second <span class="searchmatch">half</span> seven...
<span class="searchmatch">half</span>-uncle (plural <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-uncles) A <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother of one's parent. A <span class="searchmatch">half</span> brother-<span class="searchmatch">in</span>-law of one's parent. (with regards to gender) <span class="searchmatch">half</span> aunt (with regards...
half-blood <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-bound <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-bred <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-breed <span class="searchmatch">Half</span>-Breed <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-broken <span class="searchmatch">half</span> brother <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-built <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-cousin halfdead <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-deal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-demon <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-dollar <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-dozen...
also: <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and <span class="searchmatch">half</span> <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-and-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> (not comparable) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-and-<span class="searchmatch">half</span> (not comparable) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">half</span> and...
thing <span class="searchmatch">in</span> a given situation. Translations <span class="searchmatch">half</span> the story “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle” (US) / “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle” (UK) <span class="searchmatch">in</span> Macmillan English Dictionary. “<span class="searchmatch">half</span> the battle”...
Variant of not bad. Compare not <span class="searchmatch">half</span>. not <span class="searchmatch">half</span> bad (not comparable) (idiomatic, litotes) Pretty good, imperfect but more than OK. It was his first attempt...
maternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother (a <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother sharing the same father): paternal <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-brother <span class="searchmatch">half</span> brother-<span class="searchmatch">in</span>-law <span class="searchmatch">half</span> cousin, <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-cousin <span class="searchmatch">half</span> sister, <span class="searchmatch">half</span>-sister...
the <span class="searchmatch">half</span> of it (idiomatic, informal, chiefly <span class="searchmatch">in</span> the negative) Only a part of something; not the full picture. Typically it is implied to be the most important...
<span class="searchmatch">half</span> a mind (uncountable) (informal, idiomatic) A moderate inclination. His behaviour gives me <span class="searchmatch">half</span> a mind to throw him out. of two minds...