Synonyms for half done

Grammar : Adj

Spell : duhn

Phonetic Transcription : dʌn

Top 10 synonyms for half done

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Définition of half done

Origin : past participle of do; from Old English past participle gedon (a vestige of the prefix is in ado). U.S. Southern use of done in phrases like "he done gone to the store" is attested from 1827, according to OED: "a perfective auxiliary or with adverbial force in the sense 'already; completely.' " Meaning "finished" is early 15c. Slang done for "doomed" is from 1842.

As in incomplete : adj unfinished, wanting
As in partial : adj incomplete
As in unfinished : adj not completed

Example sentences :

When they are about half done put the onions and parsley into the pan.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

When half done, take them out, drain them, and mince them very fine.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Cut the sweetbreads in pretty thick slices, boil them till about half done, with a little more water than just to cover them.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

A goose should be prepared the same as for roasting, placing it on a stand, and taking care to turn it when it is half done.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

He devised them—an audacious plan; and his task was only half done.
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

If the work is half done, it is that we stop, not that He stops.
Extract from : « Out of the Deep » by Charles Kingsley

But this was a slow business and the winding was not half done when the sun set.
Extract from : « The Magic City » by Edith Nesbit

When the work was more than half done it would have been madness to hold our hand.
Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle

One hill is a good beginning, and half done is pretty nearly all.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

I verily believe he would have consented at once—nay, he had half done so, but—'
Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge

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