slave

[US]/sleɪv/
[UK]/sleɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
vi. work extremely hard

Example Sentences

slave labor; a slave cylinder.

she was no slave to fashion.

Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders.

they are slaves to the fashion for Americana.

a slave state; the slaveholding South.

The slaves rose against their masters.

The old factory hand treat the tenderfoot like their slave.

apologetics for the slave trade are quite out of order.

freed the slaves; free the imagination.

the slave owners had acted in bad faith.

the poorest people of the world are slaves to the banks.

most of production is carried out by slave labour.

Be masters, not slaves of your books.

Slaves could be bought and sold like horses.

In 1862 the American slaves won their struggle for freedom.

Lincoln insisted that the slaves should be emancipated.

Slaves work by compulsion, not by choice.

Based on the two-level “Master-Slave” mode, a new introduced “Master-subMaster-Slave” structure is better than the “Master-Slave” structure in parallel.

Real-world Examples

Rouse, ye Romans! rouse, ye slaves!

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Stop bossing me around! I'm not your slave.

Source: Lai Shixiong Basic English Vocabulary 2000

As a child, Edwards had been a slave on a plantation.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

When Harriet Tubman was free, she decided to help other slaves.

Source: Recite for the King Volume 2 (All 70 Lessons)

It also tells us that we're not slaves to GDP.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2015 Collection

As the siege tower rose, it claimed the lives of many Guge slaves.

Source: Guge: The Disappeared Tibetan Dynasty

That keeps werewolves slaves to the moon and vampires bound by the sun.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

If you're like that, you're a slave to fashion.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

" Handmaiden" is Jane Austen for " slave."

Source: Gossip Girl Selected

She brought back slaves to freedom in the North.

Source: Recite for the King Volume 2 (All 70 Lessons)

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