Definition of "halve" []

• To divide (something) into two equal portions or parts. (verb-transitive)
• To lessen or reduce by half: halved the recipe to serve two. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To share (something) equally: The twins halve everything. (verb-transitive)
• Sports To play (a golf game or hole) using the same number of strokes as one's opponent. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• ""We both played well and probably, you know, a halve is probably a bad result" for Europe, Brewerton said."
• "No. 8, 193 yards, par 3: Nicklaus and Irwin halve with pars."
• "No. 14, 415 yards, par 4: Nicklaus and Irwin halve with pars."