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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.