Half Full Cooked I Adverb Bre Hɑːf Hæf

• the glass was half full.
• the chicken was only half cooked.
• half-closed eyes
• i'm half inclined to agree.

half

1. to the extent of half
• The glass was half full.
2. partly
• The chicken was only half cooked.
• half-closed eyes
• I'm half inclined to agree.
• Cut the apple into quarters.
• Two halves make a whole.
• I’ve been waiting here for a whole hour.
• Half (of) the work is already finished.
• They spent half the time looking for a parking space.
• Her house is half a mile down the road.
• I waited for half an hour
• This meal is only half cooked.
3. an increase of 50% of the existing number or amount
• Spending on health is half as much again as it was in 2009.
4. used to emphasize a statement or an opinion
• It wasn't half good (= it was very good).
• ‘Was she annoyed?’ ‘Not half!’ (= she was extremely annoyed)
5. not nearly
• He is not half such a fool as they think.
6. not bad at all; good
• It really isn't half bad, is it?

Extra Examples

• His left eye was half closed.
• I half expected them to follow us.
• I was still half asleep.
• She is half Italian.
• The bottle was only half full.
• The child looked half starved.
• The result was not half as bad as expected.

Word Origin

• Old English half, healf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch half and German halb (adjectives). The earliest meaning of the Germanic base was ‘side’, also a noun sense in Old English.