| half | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. half, one-half | one of two equal parts of a divisible whole.; "half a loaf"; "half an hour"; "a century and one half" |
| ~ common fraction, simple fraction | the quotient of two integers. |
| ~ fifty percent | a half expressed as a percentage. |
| ~ mediety, moiety | one of two (approximately) equal parts. |
| n. (time) | 2. half | one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval. |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| ~ basketball, basketball game, hoops | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| ~ first half | the first of two halves of play. |
| ~ last half, second half | the second of two halves of play. |
| adj. | 3. half | consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity.; "a half chicken"; "lasted a half hour" |
| ~ fractional | constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety.; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose" |
| adj. | 4. half | partial.; "gave me a half smile"; "he did only a half job" |
| ~ incomplete, uncomplete | not complete or total; not completed.; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" |
| adj. | 5. half | (of siblings) related through one parent only.; "a half brother"; "half sister" |
| adv. | 6. half | partially or to the extent of a half.; "he was half hidden by the bushes" |
| media | (n.) | medium |
| medium | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information. |
| ~ instrumentation, instrumentality | an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end. |
| ~ vehicle | a medium for the expression or achievement of something.; "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"; "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"; "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents" |
| ~ paper | a medium for written communication.; "the notion of an office running without paper is absurd" |
| ~ cinema, celluloid, film | a medium that disseminates moving pictures.; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" |
| ~ print media | a medium that disseminates printed matter. |
| ~ data-storage medium, storage medium | a medium for storing information. |
| ~ telecom, telecommunication | (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically. |
| ~ album, record album | one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc. |
| n. (location) | 2. medium | the surrounding environment.; "fish require an aqueous medium" |
| ~ environs, surround, environment, surroundings | the area in which something exists or lives.; "the country--the flat agricultural surround" |
| n. (communication) | 3. medium | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication. |
| ~ communicating, communication | the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information.; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow" |
| ~ aether, ether | a medium that was once supposed to fill all space and to support the propagation of electromagnetic waves. |
| ~ airwave, air | medium for radio and television broadcasting.; "the program was on the air from 9 til midnight"; "the president used the airwaves to take his message to the people" |
| ~ ban, censor | forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper). |
| n. (substance) | 4. culture medium, medium | (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms. |
| ~ food, nutrient | any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue. |
| ~ bacteriology | the branch of medical science that studies bacteria in relation to disease. |
| ~ agar, nutrient agar | any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent. |
| n. (substance) | 5. medium | a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter. |
| ~ liquid | a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure. |
| ~ magilp, megilp | a medium for oil-paints; linseed oil mixed with mastic varnish or turpentine. |
| n. (substance) | 6. medium | (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed. |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| ~ biological science, biology | the science that studies living organisms. |
| ~ contrast material, contrast medium | a substance that is opaque to x-rays; when administered it allows a radiologist to examine the organ or tissue it fills. |
| n. (substance) | 7. medium | an intervening substance through which something is achieved.; "the dissolving medium is called a solvent" |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| ~ dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent | a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances.; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution" |
| n. (state) | 8. medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position.; "a happy medium" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| n. (person) | 9. medium, sensitive, spiritualist | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead.; "he consulted several mediums" |
| ~ psychic | a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception. |
| n. (communication) | 10. mass medium, medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public. |
| ~ transmission | communication by means of transmitted signals. |
| ~ broadcast medium, broadcasting | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications. |
| n. (act) | 11. medium, metier | an occupation for which you are especially well suited.; "in law he found his true metier" |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| adj. | 12. average, intermediate, medium | around the middle of a scale of evaluation.; "an orange of average size"; "intermediate capacity"; "medium bombers" |
| ~ moderate | being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme.; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart" |
| adj. | 13. medium | (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside. |
| ~ cooked | having been prepared for eating by the application of heat. |
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