A circular band of coloured light, visible around the sun or moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere.

(transitive) To encircle with a halo.

Alternative form of half title

A person's spouse or lover, most commonly a man's wife. / (archaic) A very close friend or companion.

(physics) The time required for half the nuclei in a sample of a specific isotope to undergo radioactive decay.

(pathology) The condition of having stale or foul-smelling breath.

(sports) A stroke, in ball sports, in which the ball is hit immediately after it bounces off the ground / (cricket) A delivery that bounces just short of the blockhole

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Partially cooked by heating in an oven.

plural of half

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halve