1. A person who is owned by someone
   "The ancient Egyptians used slaves to build the pyramids"
    
2. A person who works diligently and with great effort
   "He was a slave to his work, often staying late at the office";
   - striver, hard worker
    
3. Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
   "his mother was his abject slave"; "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"
    
4. (engineering) a device that is controlled by another device
   "In this setup, the master cylinder controls the slave cylinder in the brake system"

1. Work very hard, like a slave
   "She slaved away at her dissertation for months";
   - break one's back [informal]

Derived forms: slaving, slaves, slaved

Type of: actor, doer, work, worker

Encyclopedia: Slave