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slave

/sleɪv/

noun

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A person who is owned by another person and forced to work without freedom or pay.

  • Many slaves were freed after the Civil War.
  • The ancient Romans used slaves to build their infrastructure.
  • She escaped from her life as a slave.
  • Historians debate the economic impact of the transatlantic trade in enslaved people, noting that profits financed early industrial development.
  • Legal codes in some ancient societies specified the conditions under which a debtor could be reduced to the status of a slave.
  • Abolitionists published firsthand narratives written by former slaves to galvanize public opinion against the institution of slavery.
noun

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A person who is excessively dependent on or controlled by something.

  • He's a slave to his smartphone.
  • Don't be a slave to fashion.
  • She became a slave to her work.
verb

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To work very hard, especially under difficult conditions.

  • I've been slaving over this project for weeks.
  • She slaved away in the kitchen all day.
  • They slaved to finish the report on time.