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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slav•er1 /ˈsleɪvɚ/USA pronunciation n. - a dealer in or an owner of slaves:[countable]Arab slavers along the coast of East Africa.
- a ship used in the slave trade.
slav•er2 /ˈslævɚ, ˈsleɪvɚ, ˈslɑ-/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- Physiologyto let saliva run from the mouth:The bloodhound slavered continuously.
- to fawn:[~ + over + object]He slavered over the movie starlet.
n. [uncountable] - Physiologysaliva coming from the mouth.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slav•er1 (slā′vər),USA pronunciation n. - a dealer in or an owner of slaves.
- See slave ship.
slav•er2 (slav′ər, slā′vər, slä′-),USA pronunciation v.i. - Physiologyto let saliva run from the mouth;
slobber;
drool. - to fawn.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to smear with saliva.
n. - Physiologysaliva coming from the mouth.
- drivel.
- Scandinavian; compare Icelandic slafra to slobber
- Middle English slaver (noun, nominal), slaveren (verb, verbal), probably 1275–1325
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slaver /ˈsleɪvə/ n - an owner of or dealer in slaves
- another name for slave ship
slaver /ˈslævə/ vb (intransitive)- to dribble saliva
- (often followed by over) to fawn or drool (over someone)
- to show great desire (for); lust (after)
n - saliva dribbling from the mouth
- informal drivel
Etymology: 14th Century: probably of Low Dutch origin; related to slobberˈslaverer n |