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Slave

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Noun

1. slave

a person who is owned by someone

2. hard worker, slave, striver

someone who works as hard as a slave

3. slave

someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

Example Sentences:
'a slave to fashion'
'a slave to cocaine'
'his mother was his abject slave'

Verb

4. break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down, slave

work very hard, like a slave

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slave

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noun
1. 
a person legally owned by another and having no freedom of action or right to property
2. 
a person who is forced to work for another against his or her will
3. 
a person under the domination of another person or some habit or influence
a slave to television
4. 
a person who works in harsh conditions for low pay
5. 
a. 
a device that is controlled by or that duplicates the action of another similar device (the master device)
b. 
(as modifier)
slave cylinder
verb
6. (intransitive; often foll by away)
to work like a slave
7. (transitive) an archaic word for enslave

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Slave

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noun
1. 
a human being who is owned as property by, and is absolutely subject to the will of, another; bondservant divested of all freedom and personal rights
2. 
a person who is completely dominated by some influence, habit, person, etc.
a slave to fashion
3. 
a person who slaves; drudge
4. 
slave ant
5. 
a device actuated or controlled by another, similar device
verb intransitiveWord forms: slaved or ˈslaving
6. 
to work like a slave; drudge
7. 
to deal in slaves; be a slaver
verb transitive
8.  Archaic
to enslave

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slave

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n.
1. One who is owned as the property of someone else, especially in involuntary servitude.
2. One who is subservient to or controlled by another: his boss's slave.
3. One who is subject to or controlled by a specified influence: a slave to alcohol; a slave to an irrational fear.
4. One who works extremely hard.
5. One who acts out the role of the submissive partner in a sadomasochistic relationship.
6. A slave ant.
7. A machine or component controlled by another machine or component.
intr.v. slaved, slav·ing, slaves
1. To work very hard or doggedly; toil.
2. To trade in or transport slaves.
3. To cause a machine or component to be controlled by another machine or component.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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