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 machetes in a Sentence
In many respects this species, the Tringa pugnax of Linnaeus and the Machetes pugnax of modern ornithologists, is one of the most singular in existence.
We could tell by the way the drivers were getting out wielding machetes.
As well as knives, the weapons surrendered to the 43 police forces across England and Wales include machetes, meat cleavers and axes.
The handles of the machetes were first to be colored in using a "7-wide" needle meaning there are 7 individual needles working simultaneously.