Slave

Slav

Definition: Meaning of, slave in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sleɪv /

Word Forms:

Singular	Plural
slave	slaves

[countable]

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Word Forms:

Prsesent	Past	Past Participle
slave, slave away	slaved, slaved away	slaved, slaved away

Present Participle	Third Person Singular
slaving, slaving away	slaves, slaves away

[intransitive always + adverb/preposition]

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slave used in phrases

Great Slave Lake (noun)
1. a lake in the Northwest Territories in northwestern Canada; drained by the Mackenzie River
galley slave (noun)
1. a slave condemned to row in a galley
2. a labourer who is obliged to do menial work
non-slave (adjective)
1. where slavery was prohibited
slave ant (noun)
1. any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species
slave dealer (noun)
1. a person engaged in slave trade
slave driver (noun)
1. someone who makes people work very hard - used in a disapproving or humorous way
slave labor (noun)
1. use of slaves to do work
2. informal the employment of workers for small amounts of money to do tedious tasks
slave labour (noun)
1. work done by slaves, or the people who do this work
2. informal work for which you are paid an unfairly small amount of money
slave market (noun)
1. especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off
slave owner (noun)
1. someone who holds slaves
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Parts of Speech: noun

small evergreen European shrubby tree bearing many-seeded scarlet berries that are edible but bland; of Ireland, southern Europe, Asia Minor

slave ant