slave
slave /sl'eɪv/ (slaves slaving slaved)
1 [N-COUNT]
A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp
You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.
3 [VERB] V over n
If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.
When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Slave away means the same as slave.
He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun.slave away
see slave 3slave la|bour
in AM, use slave labor
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Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
The children were used as slave labour in gold mines in the jungle...
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If people work very hard for long hours for very little money, you can refer to it as slave labour.
He's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn a bit of cash.slave trade
[N-SING] the N
The slave trade is the buying and selling of slaves, especially Black Africans, from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
...profits from the slave trade.
1 [N-COUNT]
A slave is someone who is the property of another person and has to work for that person.
The state of Liberia was formed a century and a half ago by freed slaves from the United States.
2 [N-COUNT] with supp
You can describe someone as a slave when they are completely under the control of another person or of a powerful influence.
Movie stars used to be slaves to the studio system.
3 [VERB] V over n
If you say that a person is slaving over something or is slaving for someone, you mean that they are working very hard.
When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Slave away means the same as slave.
He stares at the hundreds of workers slaving away in the intense sun.slave away
see slave 3slave la|bour
in AM, use slave labor
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Slave labour refers to slaves or to work done by slaves.
The children were used as slave labour in gold mines in the jungle...
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If people work very hard for long hours for very little money, you can refer to it as slave labour.
He's been forced into slave labour at burger bars to earn a bit of cash.slave trade
[N-SING] the N
The slave trade is the buying and selling of slaves, especially Black Africans, from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
...profits from the slave trade.