- pronunciation:
- sleIv
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word History
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who is owned by and forced to work for another with no pay or rights.
- antonyms:
- master
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| definition 2: |
a person who is under the control of some habit or other power.
He is a slave to television.- synonyms:
- addict
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| definition 3: |
a person who works very hard and without using the imagination.
He is a factory slave.- synonyms:
- plodder
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
slaves, slaving, slaved |
| definition: |
to work like a slave.
She slaved all day without reward.- similar words:
- labor, plod, sweat, toil
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| related words: |
strain |
The word
slave comes from
Slav, a word for the people who lived in east-central Europe in the Middle Ages. Great numbers of Slavs were bought and sold as slaves by conquering peoples from the West.