slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
has slaved
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present perfectof slave (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For a quarter of a century ascetic Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar has slaved 18 hours a day, six days a week, giving the Portuguese the sternly ordered rule he thinks best for them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead of spending his best time and talents defending the status quo, he has slaved to promote the use of his power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many a farmer’s wife has grown prematurely old and has slaved herself to death, leaving her children and her home to a younger successor.
From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by George Walter Fiske
At least they are the things for which the race has slaved longest and which so far have best resisted attack.
From The Business of Being a Woman by Ida M. Tarbell
"And, dear me, how he has slaved over it—ever since daylight, I think, and only finished it awhile before you came."
From The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain
