slave

Pronunciation

• enPR: slāv, IPA ^(key): /sleɪv/
• SAMPA: /sleIv/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular slave

Plural slaves

1. (countable) A slave is a person who is owned by a master and who works for that master, but receives no—or almost no—money.

Related words

• slavery

Verb

Plain form slave

Third-person singular slaves

Past tense slaved

Past participle slaved

Present participle slaving

1. (intransitive) To work very hard.

   I've been slaving in the kitchen all day cooking food for Christmas dinner.