slave - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'slave' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slave

[ n.]

- See Slav.
- A person who is held in bondage to another; one who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who is held as a chattel; one who has no freedom of action, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another.
- One who has lost the power of resistance; one who surrenders himself to any power whatever; as, a slave to passion, to lust, to strong drink, to ambition.
- A drudge; one who labors like a slave.
- An abject person; a wretch.

2 . Slave

[ v. i.]

- To drudge; to toil; to labor as a slave.

3 . Slave

[ v. t.]

- To enslave.

Meaning of 'slave' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slave

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- someone entirely dominated by some influence or person

Example in sentence:

a slave to cocaine;
a slave to fashion;
his mother was his abject slave

Nearby Words:

slab slab-sided slabber slabbered slabberer slabbering slabbery slabbiness slabbing slabby

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Slavery
Slavery is an economic system in which most work is performed by individuals who are forcibly compelled to work with no formal

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