/hav, hahv/ , v.t., halved, halving .
1. to divide into two equal parts.
2. to share equally: to halve one's rations with a stranger.
3. to reduce to half.
4. Golf. to play (a hole, round, or match) in the same number of strokes as one's opponent.
5. halve together , to join (two pieces of wood) by cutting from one, at the place of joining, a portion fitting to that left solid in the other.
[ 1250-1300; ME halven, deriv. of HALF ]