noun A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or used as a weapon.
noun 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.
verb 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.