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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Half the length of a horse.
2. 2
   a portrait showing the body from only the waist up wordnet
3. 3
   A portrait or photograph that depicts only the upper half of the subject.

   "His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron."

Adjective

1. 1
   Half the normal length. not-comparable
2. 2
   Of a portrait, sculpture or a photograph, depicting only the upper half of the subject. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   abridged to half its original length wordnet
2. 2
   representing only the upper half of the body wordnet

Example

More examples

"His portrait, a half-length painted by Howard, was engraved by Vertue, and re-engraved for the Bibliographical Decameron."

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