slave

Definition

  • noun: someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay
  • noun: a person held in servitude as the chattel of another
  • verb: to work very hard
  • verb: to make directly responsive to another mechanism
  • + 'to' or 'of'
  • synonyms: bondman, henchman, bond servant

Examples

  • I 'slaved' all morning to get the work done on time.

  • prisoners being forced to do 'slave labor'

  • The pyramids were built by 'slave labor'.

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