slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
slaved
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past participleof slave.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof slave.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
slavenouna person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
Example Sentences
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It often means we lose a lot in the edit, scenes that we’ve slaved over, beautifully shot work, prized moments, but his instincts are always, always right.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
On the days my mom slaved over her dissertation on American syncretism, my dad would bring home McDonald’s or Chick-fil-A.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2019
But what’s crucial, what gives me some infinitesimal measure of hope, is that this book I wrote and slaved over every day and obsessed over for years will still be out there.
From Salon ● May 12, 2013
Her fantastically amazing friends, Eric and Ralph, had slaved away cooking a lovely meal for eight sophisticated guests, who also happened to be wildly interesting and fabulous.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2013
As her mother slaved away as a servant, little Soledad wandered the pastures, trailing moon glimmer, side by side with her only friend, the cow.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
