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Slaving Slave Person Slaves Noun Property Work State

word slave
definition
noun
A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.
You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.
verb
If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard .
When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.
He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun.
inflections slavesslavingslaved
cefr-level B2

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