1. noun /sleɪv/
a) A person who is the property of another person and whose labor and also whose life often is subject to the owners volition.
b) A person who is legally obliged by prior contract (oral or written) to work for another, with contractually limited rights to bargain; an indentured servant.
2. verb /sleɪv/
I was slaving all day over a hot stove.
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