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Meanings of Halva:

noun

A middle eastern sweet made of sesame flour and honey.

Usage examples:

The results run from simple brittle and toffee type sweets through halva, barfi, and sandesh, to th…

Meanings of Halvah:

noun

A middle eastern sweet made of sesame flour and honey.

Usage examples:

The results run from simple brittle and toffee type sweets through halva, barfi, and sandesh, to th…

Meanings of Halve:

verb

Divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.

Usage examples:

Halve the aubergine lengthways

Meanings of Halved:

verb

Divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.

Usage examples:

Halve the aubergine lengthways

Meanings of Halves:

noun

Either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

Two and a half years

verb

Divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.

Usage examples:

Halve the aubergine lengthways

predeterminer, pronoun, & adjective

An amount equal to a half.

Usage examples:

Half an hour

adverb

To the extent of half.

Usage examples:

The glass was half full

Pl of half

Usage examples:

Cut the chicken breasts into halves.

Meanings of Halving:

noun

Reduction by half.

Usage examples:

He blames the halving of international oil prices since 2014

verb

Divide into two parts of equal or roughly equal size.

Usage examples:

Halve the aubergine lengthways

Meanings of Halyard:

noun

A rope used for raising and lowering a sail, yard, or flag on a sailing ship.

Usage examples:

All stays, halyards and standing rigging are adjustable with tiny turubuckles, and four aa batterie…

Meanings of Halyards:

noun

A rope used for raising and lowering a sail, yard, or flag on a sailing ship.

Usage examples:

All stays, halyards and standing rigging are adjustable with tiny turubuckles, and four aa batterie…

Meanings of Ham:

noun

Salted or smoked meat from the upper part of a pig's leg.

Usage examples:

Thin slices of ham

verb

Overact.

Usage examples:

She hammed it up for the cameras

proper noun

(in the bible) a son of noah (gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the hamites.

Meanings of Ham up:

idiom

To show expressions or emotions more obviously than is realistic

Usage examples:

Here's a picture of philip hamming it up for grandma when he was three.

Meanings of Ham-fisted:

adjective

Doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people

Usage examples:

The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.

Meanings of Ham-it-up:

idiom

Exaggerate one's acting

Meanings of Hamadryad:

noun

A nymph who lives in a tree and dies when the tree dies.

Usage examples:

As dryads are generally spirits of oak trees, hamadryads exhibit more power over the forest.

Meanings of Hamadryads:

noun

A nymph who lives in a tree and dies when the tree dies.

Usage examples:

As dryads are generally spirits of oak trees, hamadryads exhibit more power over the forest.

Meanings of Hamadryas:

noun

A large arabian and north-eastern african baboon, the male of which has a silvery-grey cape of hair and a naked red face and rump. it was held sacred in ancient egypt.

Usage examples:

Our data set was comprised of eight species: a platyrrhini, the white-fronted capuchin monkey, two …

Meanings of Hamamelis:

noun

Botanical term for witch hazel.

Meanings of Hamantasch:

noun

A pastry in the shape of a triangle, filled with honey, poppy seeds, prunes (= dried plums), or jam, eaten at the jewish holiday of purim

Usage examples:

I got a hamantasch and a piece of kugel., people give gifts of food, like a basket filled with swee…

Meanings of Hamantaschen:

noun

A pastry in the shape of a triangle, filled with honey, poppy seeds, prunes (= dried plums), or jam, eaten at the jewish holiday of purim

Usage examples:

I got a hamantasch and a piece of kugel., people give gifts of food, like a basket filled with swee…

Meanings of Hamartia:

noun

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

Usage examples:

There's supposed to be an action that reveals the protagonist's hamartia

Meanings of Hamartias:

noun

A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

Usage examples:

There's supposed to be an action that reveals the protagonist's hamartia

Meanings of Hamate:

noun

A carpal bone situated on the lower outside edge of the hand. it has a hook-shaped projection on the palmar side to which muscles of the little finger are attached.

Usage examples:

Calori found a small muscle passing from the hamate to the pisiform bone.

Meanings of Hamates:

noun

A carpal bone situated on the lower outside edge of the hand. it has a hook-shaped projection on the palmar side to which muscles of the little finger are attached.

Usage examples:

Calori found a small muscle passing from the hamate to the pisiform bone.

Meanings of Hambone:

noun

An inferior actor or performer.

Usage examples:

Yet streep stomps on them all like she's godzilla, delivering one of the great hambone performances…

Meanings of Hamburg:

noun

Another term for hamburger.

proper noun

A port in northern germany, on the river elbe; population 1,754,200 (est. 2006). founded by charlemagne in the 9th century, it is now the largest port in germany, with extensive shipyards.

Meanings of Hamburger:

noun

A flat round cake of minced beef, fried or grilled and typically served in a bread roll garnished with various condiments; a burger.

Usage examples:

Steaks, hamburgers, hot dogs and pork chops are usually grilled.