slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
have slaved
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present perfectof slave.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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Asians and Africans have slaved for centuries to build an affluent society.
From Time Magazine Archive
His writers include TV pros who have slaved on noodles-and-catsup fare like Providence.
From Time Magazine Archive
You have slaved for over a year to make it what it is while he has been squandering money you had to scrape to send him.
From The Short Cut by Frank Tenney Johnson
She would have slaved for her cheerfully all her life and felt it a privilege.
From One Woman's Life by Robert Herrick
"I—I hope," she ventured hesitatingly, "that you'll get all you want, Auntie Jinit, but poor Susie and Charlie have slaved there for years and it would be cruel to turn them out."
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
