slave
/sleɪv/ verb C2- To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
- To work hard. · I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
- To place a device under the control of another. · to slave a hard disk
He/she/it slaves · Past slaved · Past participle slaved · -ing form slaving
Verb forms
- Base form
- slave
- He/she/it
- slaves
- Past
- slaved
- Past participle
- slaved
- -ing form
- slaving
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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And that country, where the Winkies live, is ruled by the Wicked Witch of the West, who would make you her slave if you passed her way.”
Besides, I am no Crane, I am a Stork, a bird of excellent character; and see how I love and slave for my father and mother.
We live in freedom, but you bow down to and slave for men, who in return for your services flog you with whips and put collars on your necks.
A FLEA thus questioned an Ox: “What ails you, that being so huge and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and slave for them day by day, while I, being so small a creature, mercilessly feed on their flesh and drink their blood without stint?” The Ox replied: “I do not wish to be ungrateful, for I am loved and well cared for by men, and they often pat my head and shoulders.” “Woe’s me!” said the flea; “this very patting which you like, whenever it happens to me, brings with it my inevitable destruction.”
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