SLASH-AND-BURN

Meaning of SLASH-AND-BURN in English

/slash"euhn berrn"/ , adj.

of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.

[ 1935-40 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SLASH-AND-BURN — adjective Date: 1939 characterized or developed by felling and burning trees to clear land especially for temporary agriculture, extremely ruthless …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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 — 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 || …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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