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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His writers include TV pros who have slaved on noodles-and-catsup fare like Providence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Asians and Africans have slaved for centuries to build an affluent society.
From Time Magazine Archive
He risks losing our land for us that some of us have slaved over for twenty years, to feed that especial vein of his vanity.
From A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
I know how you've longed to win the Carter; what it means to you; how you have slaved to earn it.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson
But all of us boys have slaved together to make it a success.
From Paul and the Printing Press by A. O. (Arthur O.) Scott
