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slave

/sleɪv/

noun

Meaning

  • A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

  • A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.

  • An abject person.

  • One who has no power of resistance (to something), one who surrenders to or is under the domination (of something).

    "a slave to passion, to strong drink, or to ambition"

  • (BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who (consensually) submits to (sexually and/or personally) serving one or more masters or mistresses.

  • A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.

  • A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).

Synonyms

secondary,
worker,
wretch

verb

Meaning

  • 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"