Halve

halve
    v 1: divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"
    

Halve \Hal"ve\ (h[aum]l"ve), n.
   A half. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Halve \Halve\ (h[aum]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Halved}
   (h[aum]vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Halving}.] [From {Half}.]
   1. To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to
      be or form half of.
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            So far apart their lives are thrown
            From the twin soul that halves their own. --M.
                                                  Arnold.
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   2. (Arch.) To join, as two pieces of timber, by cutting away
      each for half its thickness at the joining place, and
      fitting together.
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   3. Of a hole, match, etc., to reach or play in the same
      number of strokes as an opponent.
    

61 Moby Thesaurus words for "halve":
      amputate, apportion, ax, be partners in, bifurcate, bisect, branch,
      butcher, by two, carve, chop, cleave, cooperate, cut, cut away,
      cut in two, cut off, dichotomize, dimidiate, dissever, divide,
      divide with, divvy up with, excise, fission, fissure, fork, gash,
      go even stephen, go fifty-fifty, go halvers, go halves, go shares,
      hack, hew, in half, incise, jigsaw, lance, pare, prune, ramify,
      rend, rive, saw, scissor, sever, share, share in, slash, slice,
      slit, snip, split, split in two, split the difference, subdivide,
      sunder, tear, transect, whittle