Definitions
1.verbTo reduce to half the original amount.
2.verbTo divide into two halves.
3.verbTo make up half of.
4.verbTo join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5.verbIn match play, to achieve a tie or draw on."to halve a hole or a match"
6.nounThe process or instance of dividing in half."There are several recursion theorems for large sets, such that a single new halving results in several new infinite families of halvings."