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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slave /sleɪv/USA pronunciation n., v., slaved, slav•ing. n. [countable] - one who is the property of another and who must obey him or her:The Emancipation Proclamation freed only the slaves in the South and not the slaves in the border states.
- one under the control or influence of another person or power:a slave to his desires.
- Mechanical Engineeringa mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism.
v. - to work like a slave:[no object* often: ~ + away (+ at + object);often: ~ (+ away) + over + object]He slaved away all last night (at fixing the kitchen cabinets). I slaved over the hot stove to prepare the meal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slave (slāv),USA pronunciation n., v., slaved, slav•ing. n. - a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another;
a bond servant. - a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person:a slave to a drug.
- a drudge:a housekeeping slave.
- Insectsa slave ant.
- Photographya subsidiary flash lamp actuated through its photoelectric cell when the principal flash lamp is discharged.
- Mechanical Engineering[Mach.]a mechanism under control of and repeating the actions of a similar mechanism. Cf. master (def. 19).
v.i. - to work like a slave;
drudge. - to engage in the slave trade;
procure, transport, or sell slaves.
v.t. - Mechanical Engineeringto connect (a machine) to a master as its slave.
- [Archaic.]to enslave.
- Medieval Latin sclāvus (masculine), sclāva (feminine) slave, special use of Sclāvus Slavic, so called because Slavs were commonly enslaved in the early Middle Ages; see Slavic
- Middle English sclave 1250–1300
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged toil, labor, slog, grind.
Slave (slāv),USA pronunciation n., pl. Slaves, (esp. collectively) Slave. - Anthropology, Language Varietiesa member of a group of Athabaskan-speaking North American Indians living in the upper Mackenzie River valley region of the Northwest Territories and in parts of British Columbia, Alberta, and the Yukon Territory.
Also, Slavey. |