noun
definition
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
verb
definition
To cut or chop with a machete.
example
After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.
definition
To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
example
You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly.
Examples of machete in a Sentence
The machete felt heavy in her sweating palm.
Jonny wasn't trained in reading minds; his entrance into hers was like taking a machete to a piñata.
He carries a large machete, a whip and a rope on his belt.
Jade.s hands were sweaty as he drew a machete.
In one smooth movement he jerked the machete from the log and chopped the twine in two.
Terror of Darkyn finding out made Jade snap, and he withdrew his machete.
He snatched up his machete and crossed to the bed to grab and sling Iliana over his shoulder.
She brought the machete down with a dull thud, anchoring the blade in the log.
He knelt beside the Ancient and set the machete on top of the sarcophagus.
Chest heaving, he dropped the machete from his hand as he realized what he.d done.
He motioned Katie forward with his machete, then stopped her to drape the pillowcase over her head as he had when she entered Hell with him.
Jade had freed himself during his thrashing and launched out of the door, machete in hand as he flung himself on Kris.
The machete had sliced through his collarbone, and blood spurted from the wound into the courtyard.s grass.
Rhyn lowered his machete and held his hand out.
Picking up the machete and book, she left the shed and started for the woods.
Marking the trees with the machete would work, but it would permanently damage the trees.
Grasping the handle of the machete, she half fell, half leaped behind the log.
She still hesitated, glancing nervously at the machete.
He grinned, hefting the machete.
Jonny wasn't trained in reading minds; his entrance into hers was like taking a machete to a piñata.
He got out and started directly into the woods, wearing a faded denim billed cap and carrying machete and two flashlights.
Many saw their parents killed by machete in the genocide that ripped through Rwanda in just 100 days in 1994.
Secondly is a murder scene where a woman, fleeing the machete wielding killer, splatters blood across a bright white wall.
Rounds of delicious ice cold cerveza Polar in a bar where almost every man either carried a machete or a gun or both.
Where he had gotten the machete, Colson couldn't tell.
He is caught, strangled and has a machete graphically cut open his hand.
I met one of the guards and discussed his situation (Figure 7 ). He was very fit, and carried a large machete.
A crazed machete wielding maniac attacked children in St. Luke's Infants School, Blakenhall.
Even the harvesting of the cocoa pods demands prudence as a stray machete chop could damage the delicate tree irreparably.