Being one of two equal parts; consisting of a moiety: as, a half share in an enterprise; a half ticket in a lottery.n. A side; a part.n. Part; behalf; account; sake.n. One of two equal parts of anything that is divisible, or that may be regarded as divisible; a moiety: usually not followed by of unless preceded by a qualifying word: as, half the miseries or pleasures of life; half a pound; half an orange; the half, one half, or the other half of an orange.n. Among schoolboys in England, a session; the term between vacations: a contraction of half-year. Sometimes there are three “halves” in the year.n. In foot-ball, a half-back. See back, n., 12.To divide into halves; halve; hence, loosely, to separate into parts of any relative size.In an equal part or degree; by half; hence, in part; to some extent: much used in composition, and often indefinite: as, half-baked; half-dead; half-educated; half-starved.An erroneous form of haft.