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How to pronounce halve in English?

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Type Words
Type of divide, fraction

Examples of halve

halve
Halve each pitta bread horizontally and lay in a single layer on a baking-sheet.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Halve the passion fruit and scoop the seeds and juice out into a small saucepan.
From the independent.co.uk
However, that increase was enough to halve the time it took for plaques to form.
From the sciencedaily.com
Halve or quarter the tomatoes and chop the parsley, discarding the tough stalks.
From the expressandstar.com
He said an annual charge of 2 per cent could halve the value of a pensions pot.
From the dailymail.co.uk
I have decided to halve the dose, with the intention of coming off it altogether.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Britain's government vowed to halve the $300 billion deficit within four years.
From the washingtonpost.com
If beets are more than a couple of inches in diameter, halve them before slicing.
From the al.com
That allowed Lee Westwood and Soren Hansen to win the hole and halve the match.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Divide by two; divide into halves; "Halve the cake"
  • Semi-/demi- (from Latin)
  • (Halves (band)) Halves are a post-rock Irish band based in Dublin, Ireland.
  • (Halving) In mathematics, division by two or halving has also been called mediation or dimidiation. The treatment of this as a different operation from multiplication and division by other numbers goes back to the ancient Egyptians, whose multiplication algorithm used division by two as one of ...
  • (The Halves) Half Life Half Death, or "The Halves," was an obscure Filipino alternative rock band that existed from 1988 to 2003.
  • (halved) When a match is played without a decision. A hole is "halved" when both sides play it in the same number of strokes
  • (halved) A golf match that ends in a tie. Typically both teams will split the points normally awarded to the match winner. A hole may also be halved when each team finishes it with the same score.
  • (Halves) Also called "Periods"; the game is split into two 45-minute segments, or "halves".
  • (Halves) Lobsters weighing 680 to 800 grams (1.5 to 1.75 lb.)