Examples of “machete” in a Sentence

noun A broad, heavy knife used for cutting through thick vegetation or as a weapon.

• The farmer cut the tall sugarcane stalks with a sharp machete.
• He kept a rusty machete in the shed for trimming overgrown bushes.
• The guide used a machete to clear a path through the jungle.

verb To cut or hack at something with a machete.

• We had to machete the vines away before we could reach the river.
• She machetes the weeds along the fence every spring to keep the yard clear.
• They machetead their way through the dense undergrowth.
• After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.