Sekirov Dictionary

machete

/məˈʃɛ.ti/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 4

noun2

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A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
- It breaks loose one rope at a time, haphazardly, tossing the Filipinos up into the air. A boy with a machete cuts the one remaining line, which pops up and lashes him across the face. — 1992
A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.

verb1

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To cut or chop with a machete.
- After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.

forms

macheted · macheteing · macheting · machetes

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