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Noun: slave  sleyv
  1. A person who is owned by someone
     
  2. Someone who works as hard as a slave
    - striver, hard worker
     
  3. Someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
    "a slave to fashion"; "a slave to cocaine"; "his mother was his abject slave"
     
  4. (engineering) a device that is controlled by another device
Verb: slave  sleyv
  1. Work very hard, like a slave
    - break one's back

Derived forms: slaved, slaves, slaving

Type of: do work, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, work, worker

Encyclopedia: Slave