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noun | verb slaveslave1 /sleɪv/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYslave1Origin: 1200-1300 Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic person; because in the early Middle Ages many Slavic people in central Europe were slaves 1someone who is owned by another person and works for no money → master: They treated her like a slave. freed slaves2be a slave to/of something to be completely influenced by something so that you cannot make your own decisions: Don’t be a slave to fashion. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus, from Sclavus Slavic person; because in the early Middle Ages many Slavic people in central Europe were slaves] noun | verb slaveslave2 verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.] VERB TABLEslave |
| Present | I, you, we, they | slave | | he, she, it | slaves | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | slaved | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have slaved | | he, she, it | has slaved | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had slaved | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will slave | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have slaved |
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| Present | I | am slaving | | he, she, it | is slaving | | you, we, they | are slaving | | Past | I, he, she, it | was slaving | | you, we, they | were slaving | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been slaving | | he, she, it | has been slaving | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been slaving | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be slaving | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been slaving |
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