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halve

 (hăv, häv)
tr.v. halved, halv·ing, halves
1. To divide (something) into two equal portions or parts.
2. To lessen or reduce by half: halved the recipe to serve two.
3. Informal To share (something) equally: The twins halve everything.
4. Sports To play (a golf game or hole) using the same number of strokes as one's opponent.

[Middle English halven, from half, half; see half.]
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Adam took an early advantage in the tie by winning the first with a birdie three before the second was halved in pars.
Of the 10 matches -- five fourballs and fivefoursomes -- they won eight, and halved the other two to guarantee themthe title.
They halved their fourball match in the morning and their foursomes match in the afternoon.
steady kirstie's asian (serves INGREDIENTS: 1 x 1.8kg shoulder of lamb, on the bone, or 1 x 2kg leg of lamb; 2tbsp vegetable oil; 1 x 7.5cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed or grated; 2 fresh red chillies, finely chopped; 4tbsp soy sauce; 1tbsp Worcestershire sauce; 2tbsp clear honey or maple syrup; 1 large onion, peeled and halved; 1 lemon, halved; 3 star anise (optional); 500ml light chicken or veg stock (a stock cube is fine) METHOD: 1.
Brilliant INGREDIENTS 1 pork belly (21/2-3kg), bone and skin removed; 3tbsp rapeseed oil; 2tbsp sea salt; 2 leeks, halved lengthways; 2 carrots, halved lengthways; 4 sticks celery, halved lengthways; 8 peppercorns; 12 bunches of thyme, of which 4 should be stripped of leaves; 1 pint perry (or pear cider); 5 firm pears (4 halved and cored, 1 finely diced) BY METHOD 1.
OVERNIGHT ROAST PORK BELLY WITH PEARS AND THYME BY HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI lengthways; (SERVES 6-8) Brilliant INGREDIENTS 1 pork belly (21/2-3kg), bone and skin removed; 3tbsp rapeseed oil; 2tbsp sea salt; 2 leeks, halved lengthways; 2 carrots, halved lengthways; 4 sticks celery, halved lengthways; 8 peppercorns; 12 bunches of thyme, of which 4 should be stripped of leaves; 1 pint perry (or pear cider); 5 firm pears (4 halved and cored, 1 finely diced) METHOD 1.
Ingredients 1tsp olive oil 4 long green chillies sliced 4 x 180g hamburgers 4 buns, halved 1/4 iceberg lettuce, finely shredded 8 slices of American cheese, the same size as the hamburgers 4 gherkins quartered lengthways into spears For the Chipotle Mayo: 90g chipotle in adobo sauce (many larger supermarkets will have a version of this) 170g mayonnaise 40g tomato ketchup Method 1.
But when it was invented in 2008 by the mysterious 'Satoshi Nakamoto', who has yet to be identified, the bitcoin program was designed so that the reward would be halved roughly every four years, in order to keep a lid on inflation.
Both sections were closely contested but edged by the home side, wins by Ryan Howe, Gary Catt and Danny Saunders in the scratch section together with a halved game left the points 7-5 in favour of the home side.
INGREDIENTS 2kg pork belly For the mirepoix (flavouring): 25ml vegetable oil 1/2 onion, peeled and quartered 1 stalk celery, halved 1/2 leek, white only, halved 1 carrot, peeled and quartered 2 cloves garlic, bashed 1 cinnamon stick 1 star anise 1/2 orange, halved 1 red chilli, halved 1/4 bunch coriander stalks 40g fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped For the cooking liquor: 125ml Madeira wine 1L chicken or vegetable stock 1tbsp soy sauce 2tbsp hoisin sauce 1tbsp honey To serve: 8 brioche buns 25g stem ginger in syrup, finely sliced 1/2 Granny Smith apple, finely sliced METHOD HEAT a large pan with the vegetable oil.
1 white onion (about 8 ounces), peeled and halved lengthwise through the root