Machete
noun
A large knife with a broad blade, often used for cutting plants.
He used a machete to cut through the thick jungle vegetation.
Often appears as...
- wield a machete
- swing a machete
noun
A large knife with a broad blade, often used for cutting plants.
He used a machete to cut through the thick jungle vegetation.
Often appears as...
- wield a machete
- swing a machete
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Pro Tip 1/3Typical Usage
Machete is often associated with outdoor activities such as farming and camping.
During the camping trip, they used a machete to clear a path.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, a machete is a common tool and carries no aggressive connotations.
In rural areas, it's common to see farmers carrying a machete.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Description
A machete typically has a handle and a blade that is wider compared to regular knives.
The machete had a sturdy wooden handle and a wide, sharp blade.
Pro Tip 1/3Typical Usage
Machete is often associated with outdoor activities such as farming and camping.
During the camping trip, they used a machete to clear a path.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, a machete is a common tool and carries no aggressive connotations.
In rural areas, it's common to see farmers carrying a machete.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Description
A machete typically has a handle and a blade that is wider compared to regular knives.
The machete had a sturdy wooden handle and a wide, sharp blade.
Pro Tip 1/3Typical Usage
Machete is often associated with outdoor activities such as farming and camping.
During the camping trip, they used a machete to clear a path.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Significance
In some cultures, a machete is a common tool and carries no aggressive connotations.
In rural areas, it's common to see farmers carrying a machete.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Description
A machete typically has a handle and a blade that is wider compared to regular knives.
The machete had a sturdy wooden handle and a wide, sharp blade.
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Morgan Spurlock: The...
How does this relate to your thoughts and feelings about who you are? It's like, who do I want to be? I like things that are different. I like things that are weird. I like weird things. Tell me about the "why" phase -- what does that do for us? What is the machete? What pupa stage are you in now? Why is it important to reboot? What does the red represent?
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Inside the Amazon: A...
referred to them as the uncontacted people. And they'd come there and they'd get... machetes You know, stone, uh, sorry, metal tools which is the most important thing in the world to them. So, it was really interesting meeting them and photographing them. And as a photographer, you wanna go and hang out
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How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
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We Are What We Eat:...
When the dogs find something, they go with the machete to try to clear out the opening to help the dog and find the animal. My room was in the far right there. I'll show you because it's such a nice spot. So, this is it, this is my bedroom.
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World's Cutest Baby...
a star this is starring my life he's the youngest rhino that petronella has ever rescued just two days old his mother was killed by poachers for her horn and he too was attacked with a machete and received near fatal head injuries
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Creating second chances...
attacked her with a machete Uganda has some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world I realized that women and girls are incredibly vulnerable when they come into conflict with the law in Africa research in
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Mark Plotkin: What the...
He looked me in the face and he said, "Take off your shoe and give me your machete." He walked over to a palm tree and carved off a fern, threw it in the fire, applied it to my foot, threw it in a pot of water,
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"Wild Women" PIPE Sunni...
Wild women, wild women, they walk with buffalo. Have lightning on their tongues, fly whisks as weapons. Wild women, they walk with machetes. With wisdom, with grace, with ease.
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Inside a Civil War Most...
international peacekeepers then I saw the machete he used to murder a passing man on the street even as a funeral it felt like there was nowhere to hide
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How Wildlife Is Bouncing...
supporting the communities around machete giving them small businesses like keeping beings that also contributes to the low pressure of washing
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Morgan Spurlock: The...
How does this relate to your thoughts and feelings about who you are? It's like, who do I want to be? I like things that are different. I like things that are weird. I like weird things. Tell me about the "why" phase -- what does that do for us? What is the machete? What pupa stage are you in now? Why is it important to reboot? What does the red represent?
Video examples
Inside the Amazon: A...
referred to them as the uncontacted people. And they'd come there and they'd get... machetes You know, stone, uh, sorry, metal tools which is the most important thing in the world to them. So, it was really interesting meeting them and photographing them. And as a photographer, you wanna go and hang out
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
When the dogs find something, they go with the machete to try to clear out the opening to help the dog and find the animal. My room was in the far right there. I'll show you because it's such a nice spot. So, this is it, this is my bedroom.
Video examples
World's Cutest Baby...
a star this is starring my life he's the youngest rhino that petronella has ever rescued just two days old his mother was killed by poachers for her horn and he too was attacked with a machete and received near fatal head injuries
Video examples
Creating second chances...
attacked her with a machete Uganda has some of the highest rates of domestic violence in the world I realized that women and girls are incredibly vulnerable when they come into conflict with the law in Africa research in
Video examples
Mark Plotkin: What the...
He looked me in the face and he said, "Take off your shoe and give me your machete." He walked over to a palm tree and carved off a fern, threw it in the fire, applied it to my foot, threw it in a pot of water,
Video examples
"Wild Women" PIPE Sunni...
Wild women, wild women, they walk with buffalo. Have lightning on their tongues, fly whisks as weapons. Wild women, they walk with machetes. With wisdom, with grace, with ease.
Video examples
Inside a Civil War Most...
international peacekeepers then I saw the machete he used to murder a passing man on the street even as a funeral it felt like there was nowhere to hide
Video examples
How Wildlife Is Bouncing...
supporting the communities around machete giving them small businesses like keeping beings that also contributes to the low pressure of washing
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Mark Burnett
American Businessman
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
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Jo Brand
British Comedian
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
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Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
Central African farmers don't have any animal power because sleeping sickness kills all the animals - cattle, the horses, the burros and the mules. So draft animals don't exist, and farming is all by hand, and the hand tools are hoes and machetes.
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Armie Hammer
American Actor
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
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Bobby Lee
American Actor
Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.
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Jack Black
American Actor
I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
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Dave Barry
American Journalist
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian Public Servant
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian Public Servant
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.
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Mark Burnett
American Businessman
I look at decisions like - it's like an Indiana Jones movie. The guy comes to a rope ladder, and he's being chased. There's uncertainty on the other side, but he knows when he gets to the other side, he's going to take his machete and cut the rope ladder behind him. He has no retreat.
Quote examples
Jo Brand
British Comedian
As a comic and as a nurse, it's important to look calm on the surface when you're absolutely crapping yourself inside. So, if someone is waving a machete at you, which has happened to me when I was a nurse, it's important to make that person feel that you're in control.
Quote examples
Norman Borlaug
American Scientist
Central African farmers don't have any animal power because sleeping sickness kills all the animals - cattle, the horses, the burros and the mules. So draft animals don't exist, and farming is all by hand, and the hand tools are hoes and machetes.
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Armie Hammer
American Actor
I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
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Bobby Lee
American Actor
Shopping in Thailand is super cheap and generally high quality. Bangkok is also safe. If you see anybody wearing camouflage holding a machete, don't be scared. They sell coconuts.
Quote examples
Jack Black
American Actor
I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
Quote examples
Dave Barry
American Journalist
The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.
Quote examples
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian Public Servant
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
Quote examples
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Egyptian Public Servant
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.
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