SLASH-AND-BURN

Meaning of SLASH-AND-BURN in English

adjective Date: 1939 characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture, extremely ruthless and unsparing

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

SLASH-AND-BURN — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : characterized or developed by felling and girdling trees and then burning them to make land arable …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — /slash"euhn berrn"/ , adj. of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — Date: 1939 1. : characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLASH-AND-BURN — Function: adjective Date: 1939 1 : characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — ■ adjective relating to or denoting a method of agriculture in which vegetation is cut down and burned off before …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SLASH-AND-BURN — [slash-and-burn] adj (1939): characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land esp. for temporary agriculture
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLASH-AND-BURN — slash-and-burn BrE AmE ˌslæʃ ə n ˈbɜːn ⇨- ə m- AmE \ -ˈbɝːn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — adjective 1. relating to a method of farming in which existing plants, crops, etc. are cut down and burned before …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — see slash and burn
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLASH AND BURN — also slash-and-burn Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLASH AND BURN — also slash-and-burn Slash and burn is a method of farming that involves clearing land by destroying and burning all the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLASH-AND-BURN — see slash and burn
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLASH-AND-BURN — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SLASH-AND-BURN — adj. Slash-and-burn is used with these nouns: ↑ agriculture
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SLASH AND BURN — (Environmental) An agricultural practice involving the rapid destruction of natural forest for limited farming activity. The natural forest is cleared, …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
SLASH AND BURN — reduce and cut programs without care or mercy To save money, the Government used slash-and-burn policies.
English Idioms vocab
SLASH AND BURN — reduce and cut programs without care or mercy To save money, the Government used slash-and-burn policies.
English Idioms vocabulary
SLASH-AND-BURN — с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие (сельскохозяйственное) подсечно-огневое земледелие
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLASH-AND-BURN — n с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLASH-AND-BURN — с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SLASH AND BURN — (n) подсечно-огневое земледелие
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SLASH-AND-BURN — n с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SLASH-AND-BURN — n с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SLASH-AND-BURN — с.-х. подсечно-огневое земледелие (сельскохозяйственное) подсечно-огневое земледелие
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLASH — I. ˈslash, -aa(ə)-, -ai- verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English slaschen, probably from Middle French eslachier to break transitive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BURN — I. ˈbərn, ˈbə̄n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English burn, bourne — more at bourn 1. Britain : stream …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLASH — slash 1 /slash/ , v.t. 1. to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURN — burn 1 — burnable , adj. /berrn/ , v. , burned or burnt, burning , n. v.i. 1. to undergo …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURN — I. ˈbərn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German brunno spring of water Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLASH — vt to crack or snap, as a whip. 2. slash ·noun a long cut; a cut made at random. 3. …
Webster English vocab
BURN — noun a small stream. 2. burn ·noun a disease in vegetables. ·see brand, ·noun, 6. 3. burn ·vi to be …
Webster English vocab
SLASH — [slash] vb [origin unknown] vi (1548): to lash out, cut, or thrash about with or as if with an edged …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BURN — [burn] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG brunno spring of water] (bef. 12c) Brit: creek 2. [2]burn vb burned …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BURN — damage caused to the body by contact with flames, hot substances, certain chemicals, radiation (sunlight, X rays, or ionizing radiation …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLASH — slash BrE AmE slæʃ ▷ slashed slæʃt ▷ slashes ˈslæʃ ɪz -əz ▷ slashing ˈslæʃ ɪŋ ▶ ˈ slash mark …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLASH — / slæʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb [ vn ] 1. to make a long cut with a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURN — / bɜːn; NAmE bɜːrn/ verb , noun ■ verb ( burnt , burnt / bɜːnt; NAmE bɜːrnt/) or ( burned …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLASH — I. slash 1 /slæʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Probably from Old French eslachier 'to break' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURN — I. burn 1 S2 W3 /bɜːn $ bɜːrn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle burnt /bɜːnt $ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BURN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. burnt or burned) 1 tr. & intr. be or cause to be …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLASH — v. & n. v. 1 intr. make a sweeping or random cut or cuts with a knife, sword, whip, etc. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. burnt or burned) 1 tr. & intr. be or cause to be …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLASH — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. make a sweeping or random cut or cuts with a knife, sword, whip, etc. …
Oxford English vocab
BURN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. burnt or burned) 1. tr. & intr. be or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
SLASH — ( slashes, slashing, slashed) 1. If you slash something, you make a long, deep cut in it. He came within …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BURN — ( burns, burning, burned, burnt) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLASH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you ~ something, you make a long, deep cut in it. He came within two …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLASH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES forward slash slash a price (= reduce it by a very large amount ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BURN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a burning desire (= an extremely strong desire ) ▪ She had a burning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLASH — [noun] [C]He has a deep slash across his face/on his arm/in his side, where he was hit by flying glass.(figurative) …
Cambridge English vocab
SLASH — Synonyms and related words : Vandyke, abbreviate, abrade, abrasion, abridge, amputate, assail, attack, ax, band, bar, bark, beat, beat down, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLASH
Slang English vocab
SLASH — I. noun Slash is used before these nouns: ↑ mark , ↑ wound II. verb 1 cut ADVERB ▪ wildly …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BURN — INDEX: 1. to burn something 2. to burn yourself 3. to make something start burning 4. to make something stop …
Longman Activator English vocab
SLASH — I 1. сущ. 1) хлесткий удар, удар сплеча 2) а) разрез Syn : slit б) рана, порез ∙ Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BURN — I сущ.; шотланд. речушка, ручеек Syn : brook II, creek II 1. сущ. 1) ожог to receive a burn ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLASH — _I 1. slæʃ n 1. хлёсткий, резкий удар ( бичом и т. п. ); удар сплеча ( саблей и т. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BURN — burn.ogg _I 1. bɜ:n n 1. ожог; обожжённое место burn ointment - мазь от ожогов to die of burns - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLASH — 1) лесн. вырубка 2) бурелом 3) швейн. разрез; декоративный прорез 4) косая черта ( знак ) 5) (наклонный) штрих ( …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BURN — 1) горение, сгорание || гореть, сгорать 2) жечь, сжигать 3) подвулканизовываться 4) ожог; прижог 5) выгорание; выжигание; прожигание; обгорание || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SLASH — 1) лесн. вырубка 2) бурелом 3) швейн. разрез; декоративный прорез 4) косая черта (знак) 5) (наклонный) штрих (знак) • - back slash - bounded slash
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BURN — 1) горение, сгорание || гореть, сгорать 2) жечь, сжигать 3) подвулканизовываться 4) ожог; прижог 5) выгорание; выжигание; прожигание; обгорание || выгорать; выжигать; прожигать; обгорать 6) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BURN — 1) горение, сгорание || гореть, сгорать 2) ожог, прижог || обжигать, прижигать 3) сжигание || сжигать 4) пережог || пережигать 5) выгорание, пригорание || …
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