Sekirov Dictionary

slave

/sleɪv/

noun 7
verb 3
forms 7
phrases 2

noun7

a person held as property by an owner who controls their work, body and life
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
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(figurative) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
- Slave to the rhythm! / Keep it up, keep it up! / Never stop! Never stop! — 1985
(figurative) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
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A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
- If you administer your own reverse DNS zones, remember to include them in your slave configuration. — 2011
A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
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(figurative) An abject person.
- Art thou the slaue that with thy breath hast kill'd / Mine innocent child? — 1598

verb3

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To work hard.
- I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
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To place a device under the control of another.
- Slaving one digital audio device to another unit using timecode alone results in time-based synchronisation[…] — 2005
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To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
- MASSINISSA: Wilt thou be slaved? SOPHONISBA: No, free — 1606

forms

slaved · slaving · slaves · slaveth · slavest · Slaves · Slavés

Phrases with slave

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